# polka
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈpɒl.kə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈpoʊ(l)kə/, but /ˈpoʊkə/ in polka dot
* Rhymes: -ɒlkə, -əʊkə

### Noun

polka (plural polkas)
* A lively dance originating in Bohemia.
* The music for this dance.
* A polka jacket.

#### Derived terms

* horizontal polka
* polkabilly
* polka dot
* polka-like
* polka-mazurka
* polkist

#### Translations
### Verb

polka (third-person singular simple present polkas, present participle polkaing, simple past and past participle polkaed)
* (intransitive) To dance the polka.

### Anagrams

* Palko, lo pak, pakol, pokal

## Czech
### Etymology

Variant of půlka (“half”) as in "half-step"; see půl (“half”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpolka]

### Noun

polka f
* polka

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “polka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “polka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “polka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Danish
### Etymology

From Czech polka.

### Noun

polka c (singular definite polkaen, plural indefinite polkaer)
* polka

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “polka” in Den Danske Ordbog

## French
### Etymology

From Czech polka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔl.ka/

### Noun

polka f (plural polkas)
* polka (dance and music)

#### Derived terms

* polkiste

#### Descendants

* → Ottoman Turkish: پولقه (polka)
** Turkish: polka

### Further reading

* “polka”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Norman
### Etymology

From French and Czech polka.

### Noun

polka f (plural polkas)
* (Jersey) polka (dance, music)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Via German Polka or French polka from Czech polka and půlka

### Noun

polka m (definite singular polkaen, indefinite plural polkaer, definite plural polkaene)
* polka (dance and music)

### References

* “polka” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “polka” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Via German Polka or French polka from Czech polka and půlka

### Noun

polka m (definite singular polkaen, indefinite plural polkaer or polkaar, definite plural polkaene or polkaane)
* polka (dance and music)

### References

* “polka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Occitan
### Etymology

From French polka.

### Noun

polka f (plural polkas)
* polka (dance)

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Czech polka. Doublet of półka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔl.ka/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔlka
* Syllabification: pol‧ka
* Homophone: Polka

### Noun

polka f (diminutive poleczka)
* polka (dance)
* polka (music for this dance)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* polka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* polka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Spanish
### Etymology

See polca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpolka/ [ˈpol.ka]
* Rhymes: -olka
* Syllabification: pol‧ka

### Noun

polka f (plural polkas)
* polka

### Further reading

* “polka”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Polka. First attested in 1844.

### Noun

polka c
* polka (dance)
    att dansa polkato polka ["to dance type of dance" is idiomatic in Swedish]
* polka (music for dancing the polka)

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | polka | polkas |
| singular | definite | polkan | polkans |
| plural | indefinite | polkor | polkors |
| plural | definite | polkorna | polkornas |

#### See also

* gammeldans
* polska

### References

* polka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* polka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* polka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)