kielbasa
/kilˈbɑsə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.99 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Congressmen gleefully wolfed down every imaginable version of the hot dog – smoked kielbasas, jumbo grillers, Big & Juicy's, kosher dogs and spiced dogs […]"
- "Heritage Foods now offers linguiça from the sausage maker the Mayor, in Richmond, Va. The signature Portuguese sausage harbors the paprika spice of chorizo but with the fire dampened, and a finer texture, but it brings on the garlic like kielbasa."
- "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."
- "Maybe before I die they'll have some sort of mechanical cock and balls because all of the steroids that I used, ^([sic]) put my apricots and kielbasa out of commission."
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). See the Ukrainian cognate ковбаса́ (kovbasá, “sausage”), whence kubasa, for more information.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kilˈbɑsə/
- British English: /kiːlˈbasə/
Usage
Inflected Forms
kielbasas (plural)
kielbasy (plural)
kielbasy (alternative, uncommon)
kolbasa (alternative, uncommon)
kolbassa (alternative, uncommon)
kulbasa (alternative, uncommon)
kielbassi (alternative, rare)
kolbasi (alternative, rare)
kolbassi (alternative, rare)
kolbasy (alternative, rare)
kiełbasa (alternative)