Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
baba | a kind of cake. [Fr., from Polish baba old woman]. |
babka | a kind of coffee-cake, containing almonds, raisins, rum, orange rind. [Polish babka, little old woman]. |
bigos | a kind of Polish stew. |
bobac bobak | a species of marmot. |
britschka britzka britkska britska | an open four-wheeled carriage with a folding top. |
chapka czapka | a Polish military cap, adapted from the traditional peasant cap, worn by lancers. Cf. SCHAPSKA. |
cracovienne krakowiak | a lively Polish dance; the music for it. [From Kraków (Cracow), a city in southern Poland). |
cracowe | a long-toed boot of the fourteenth century. [From Kraków (Cracow), a city in southern Poland.] |
grosz grosze groszy | a Polish monetary unit, 1/100 of a ZLOTY > GROSZY. |
hetman | a Cossack headman or general > HETMANS or HETMEN. [Polish, prob. f. G Hauptmann (earlier Heubtman) headman, captain.] |
holubtsi | cabbage rolls. |
kielbasa | a smoked sausage > KIELBASY, KIELBASAS, KIELBASI. [Pol. kielbasa sausage]. Cf. KOLBASI, KOLBASSI, KOLBASSA. |
kolbasi kolbassi kolbassa | a smoked sausage. Pl. KOLBASIS. [Pol. kielbasa sausage]. |
kromesky | a croquette wrapped in bacon or calf's udder and fried. [Polish kromeczka, litle slice]. |
mazourka mazurka | a Polish folk dance in moderate triple measure. [Polish mazurka, woman of the province Mazovia]. |
paczki | a round filled doughnut. |
perogi pierogi pirogi | a traditional Polish dish, a semicircular filled dumpling > PEROGIES. |
schapska | a flat-topped cavalry helmet. [Fr. from Polish czapka, cap]. |
zloty | a Polish monetary unit. Pl. ZLOTYS, ZLOTIES, ZLOTE or ZLOTYCH (1 ZLOTY, 2, 3 or 4 ZLOTE, 5 or more ZLOTYCH!). |