kielbasa

See also: kiełbasa

English

Alternative forms

(uncommon) kielbasy, kolbasa, kovbasa
(rare) kielbassi, kolbasi, kolbassi, kolbasy

Etymology

From Polish kiełbasa, from a Proto-Slavic word which may derive from Proto-Turkic *kül bastï. See kiełbasa and its Ukrainian cognate ковбаса (kovbasá, “sausage, kubasa”) for more information.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkɪlˈbɑ.sə/,[1][2][3] IPA^(key): /ˌkilˈbɑ.sə/,[1][2] IPA^(key): /ˌkɪˈbɑ.sə/[2]
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkiːlˈbɑ.sə/[3]
(Polish pronunciation) IPA^(key): [kʲɛwˈbasa]

Noun

kielbasa (plural kielbasas or kielbasy)

A spicy, smoked sausage of a particular kind.
- 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:
  Congressmen gleefully wolfed down every imaginable version of the hot dog – smoked kielbasas, jumbo grillers, Big & Juicy's, kosher dogs and spiced dogs […]
(slang) Penis.

Synonyms

(food): Polish sausage (informal)

Further reading

kielbasa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

“kielbasa” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
“kielbasa” in Frederic Gomes Cassidy, Joan Houston Hall (1985), Dictionary of American Regional English, p 212, Harvard University Press, →ISBN.

“kielbasa” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
“kielbasa” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
“kielbasa” (US) / “kielbasa” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.

French

Etymology

From Polish kiełbasa

Noun

kielbasa m or f (plural kielbasas)

kielbasa (Polish sausage)

Synonyms

saucisse polonaise (informal)

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