Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A lively dance originating in Bohemia. · The music for this dance. · A polka jacket.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo dance the polka.
Via French and German from Czech polka, variant of půlka (“half”) as in "half-step"; see půl (“half”).
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- Derivation mentionpolkacs
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