kielbasa
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Several varieties of kielbasa with mustard.
English
Alternative forms
- kielbasy, kolbasa, kolbassa, kulbasa (uncommon)
- kielbassi, kolbasi, kolbassi, kolbasy (rare)
- kiełbasa
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish kiełbasa (“sausage”), from Proto-Slavic *kъlbasa, which may derive from Proto-Turkic for "grilled cutlet," literally "pressed on ashes," from *kül (“ash”) + *bas (“to press”) (modern Turkish basmak).[1] See the Ukrainian cognate ковбаса́ (kovbasá, “sausage”), whence kubasa, for more information.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /kilˈbɑsə/, /kɪ(l)ˈbɑsə/, enPR: kēl-bäʹsə, kĭ(l)-bäʹsə
- (Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario, Saskatchewan) IPA(key): /ˈkubəsɑ/
- (UK) IPA(key): /kiːlˈbasə/, enPR: kēl-băsʹə
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːsə, -æsə
- Hyphenation: kiel‧ba‧sa
Noun
kielbasa (countable and uncountable, plural kielbasas or kielbasy)
- A spicy, smoked sausage of a particular kind from Eastern Europe.
- Synonyms: (informal) Polish sausage, (Canada) kubasa
- 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: see Thesaurus:penis
- 2020, The Eric Andre Show, season 5, episode 9:
- Eric Andre: Do you think God's got a cooter or a big-ass kielbasa?
Quincy: He's got it all.
Eric Andre: That's gross.
Translations
Eastern European sausage
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References
- “kielbasa”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “kielbasa”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “kielbasa”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “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 The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Further reading
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish kiełbasa (“sausage”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kielbasa m or f (plural kielbasas)
- kielbasa (Polish sausage)
- Synonym: (Canada, informal) saucisse polonaise f