polka

P3O1L1K5A1
UK/ˈpɒl.kə/US/ˈpoʊ(l)kə/

noun

A lively dance originating in Bohemia.

OriginCzech polka →
Less commonScrabble 11
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Meanings

polka1

nounpolka (plural polkas)

plural polkas

  1. A lively dance originating in Bohemia.
  2. The music for this dance.
  3. A polka jacket.

    a young lady in a grey polka

    1872, John Forster, The Life of Charles Dickens
verbpolka (third-person singular simple present polkas, present participle polkaing, simple past and past participle polkaed)

present singular third person polkas · participle present polkaing · participle past polkaed · past polkaed

  1. intransitiveTo dance the polka.

Polka2

proper nounPolka (plural Polkas)

plural Polkas

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
polka jacket

Origin

polka · noun, verb

  1. Czechpolka
  2. Englishpolka

Via French and German from Czech polka, variant of půlka (“half”) as in "half-step"; see půl (“half”).

More words from Czech

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Polka · proper noun

  1. PolishPolka
  2. EnglishPolka

Borrowed from Czech, Slovak and Polish Polka.

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Translations

Arabic بُولْكَا
  • بُولْكَا (būlkā)dance
Bulgarian по́лка
  • по́лка (pólka)dance
Catalan polca
  • polcadance
Chinese Mandarin 波爾卡 /波尔卡, 波爾卡音樂 /波尔卡音乐
  • 波爾卡 /波尔卡 (bō'ěrkǎ)dance
  • 波爾卡音樂 /波尔卡音乐 (bō'ěrkǎ yīnyuè)music for this dance
Czech polka
  • polkadance
Danish polka
  • polkadance
Dutch polka
  • polkadance
Finnish polkka, polkka
  • polkkadance
  • polkkamusic for this dance
French polka
  • polkadance
German Polka
  • Polkadance
Italian polka
  • polkadance
Japanese ポルカ
  • ポルカ (poruka)dance
Korean 폴카
  • 폴카 (polka)dance
Lithuanian polka, polka
  • polkadance
  • polkamusic for this dance
Norwegian Bokmål polka, polka
  • polkadance
  • polkamusic for this dance
Polish polka, polka
  • polkadance
  • polkamusic for this dance
Portuguese polca, polca
  • polcadance
  • polcamusic for this dance
Romanian polcă, polcă
  • polcădance
  • polcămusic for this dance
Russian по́лька
  • по́лька (pólʹka)dance
Spanish polca, polca
  • polcadance
  • polcamusic for this dance
Swedish polka, polkett
  • polkadance
  • polkettdance
  • polkamusic for this dance
  • polkettmusic for this dance
Tagalog polka
  • polkadance

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with polka

cocamochaAnokaboccaGoloka
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Anagrams

Palkopokalpakol
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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