polka
French, noun/pɔl.ka/
polka is spelled P-O-L-K-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 52,567th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polka is a French feminine noun meaning “polka (dance and music)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Danse de salon d’origine tchèque ou polonaise”.
What does polka mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepolka (dance and music)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Danse de salon d’origine tchèque ou polonaise. 2. Musique à deux temps sur laquelle on exécute cette danse. 3. Coiffe traditionnelle portée en Bretagne. 4. Marteau de tailleur de pierre à deux taillants opposés, l’un parallèle au manche, l’autre perpendiculaire.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of polka
- polkas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce polka?
- /pɔl.ka/
- \pɔl.ka\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to polka
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is polka in French?
polka appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).