Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polka-like

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English

Syllables: polka---like
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Similar to polka.

Example Sentences

"The members’ real innovation is their embrace of a Finnish polkalike genre called humppa, which sounds — well, like it sounds, more or less."

Etymology

From polka + -like.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: polka
Suffix: -like

Inflected Forms

more polka-like (comparative) most polka-like (superlative) polkalike (alternative)

Questions

What does polka-like mean?: Similar to polka.
Where does polka-like come from?: From polka + -like.

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