Etymology

polonaise

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to the Poles, or to Poland. Full definition →

French polonaise
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  1. French · borrowed frompolonaise
  2. French · borrowed frompolonaise
  3. English todaypolonaise

Borrowed from French polonaise (“Polish”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.