kielbasa

kiel·ba·sa
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US/kilˈbɑsə/US/kɪ(l)ˈbɑsə//ˈkubəsɑ/UK/kiːlˈbasə/

noun

A spicy, smoked sausage of a particular kind from Eastern Europe.

UncommonScrabble 14

Meanings

kielbasa1

nounkielbasa (countable and uncountable, plural kielbasas or kielbasy)

plural kielbasas · plural kielbasy · alternative uncommon kielbasy · alternative uncommon kolbasa · alternative uncommon kolbassa · alternative uncommon kulbasa · alternative rare kielbassi · alternative rare kolbasi · alternative rare kolbassi · alternative rare kolbasy · alternative kiełbasa

  1. countableuncountableA spicy, smoked sausage of a particular kind from Eastern Europe.

    Congressmen gleefully wolfed down every imaginable version of the hot dog – smoked kielbasas, jumbo grillers, Big & Juicy's, kosher dogs and spiced dogs […]

    1994 July 21, Faye Fiore, “Congress relishes another franking privilege: Meat lobby puts on the dog with exclusive luncheon for lawmakers – experts on pork”, in Los Angeles Times
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    Heritage Foods now offers linguiça from the sausage maker the Mayor, in Richmond, Va. The signature Portuguese sausage harbors the paprika spice of chorizo but with the fire dampened, and a finer texture, but it brings on the garlic like kielbasa.

    2022 April 18, Florence Fabricant, “Just in Time for Grilling Season”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

    Synonyms: Polish sausage, kubasa

  2. countableslanguncountablePenis.

    Eric Andre: Do you think God's got a cooter or a big-ass kielbasa? Quincy: He's got it all. Eric Andre: That's gross.

    2020, The Eric Andre Show, season 5, episode 9
    1 more example

    Maybe before I die they'll have some sort of mechanical cock and balls because all of the steroids that I used, ^([sic]) put my apricots and kielbasa out of commission.

    2021, Jeremiah Ford, Crazy Ball Player, page 172

    Synonyms: anaconda, baloney pony, bald-headed hermit, banana, bird, birdie, bobby, boonga

Kielbasa2

proper nounKielbasa (plural Kielbasas)

plural Kielbasas

  1. A surname from Polish.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA spicy, smoked sausage of a particular kind from Eastern Europe.

Origin

kielbasa · noun

  1. Proto-Slavic*kъlbasa
  2. Polishkiełbasa“sausage”
  3. Englishkielbasa

Borrowed from Polish kiełbasa (“sausage”), from Proto-Slavic *kъlbasa, which may derive from Proto-Turkic for "grilled cutlet," literally "pressed on ashes," from *kül (“ash”) + *bas (“to press”) (modern Turkish basmak). See the Ukrainian cognate ковбаса́ (kovbasá, “sausage”), whence kubasa, for more information.

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Kielbasa · proper noun

  1. PolishKiełbasa
  2. EnglishKielbasa

From Polish Kiełbasa, from kiełbasa (“sausage”).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 紅腸 /红肠
  • 紅腸 /红肠 (hóngcháng)Eastern European sausage
Czech klobása
  • klobásaEastern European sausage
French kielbasa, saucisse polonaise
  • kielbasaEastern European sausage
  • saucisse polonaiseEastern European sausage
Greek κιελμπάσα
  • κιελμπάσα (kielmpása)Eastern European sausage
Hungarian lengyel kolbász
  • lengyel kolbászEastern European sausage
Indonesian kielbasa
  • kielbasaEastern European sausage
Japanese カルパス
  • カルパス (karupasu)Eastern European sausage
Korean 키에우바사
  • 키에우바사 (kie'ubasa)Eastern European sausage
Persian کالباس, کالواس
  • کالباس (kâlbâs)Eastern European sausage
  • کالواس (kâlvâs)Eastern European sausage
Polish kiełbasa
  • kiełbasaEastern European sausage
Portuguese kielbasa
  • kielbasaEastern European sausage
Romanian cârnat polonez
  • cârnat polonezEastern European sausage
Russian колбаса́
  • колбаса́ (kolbasá)Eastern European sausage
Slovak klobása
  • klobásaEastern European sausage
Ukrainian ковбаса́
  • ковбаса́ (kovbasá)Eastern European sausage

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

kielbasa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kielbasa

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“kielbasa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kielbasa. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kielbasa,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kielbasa.

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