Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mazurek

/məzjˈuɹɛk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables: mazurek
IPA: /məzjˈuɹɛk/

22

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of Polish cake baked at Easter, typically made from pastry with a layer of butter sponge cake on top, sometimes affixed with marmalade, and topped with nut-based icing and candied fruits.

Etymology

From Polish mazurek.

Origin

Source language: Polish

Word Breakdown

Root: mazurek

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Music.

Inflected Forms

mazureks (plural)

Rhymes With

kurek kocurek

Questions

How do you pronounce mazurek?: The recorded pronunciation is /məzjˈuɹɛk/.
What does mazurek mean?: A kind of Polish cake baked at Easter, typically made from pastry with a layer of butter sponge cake on top, sometimes affixed with marmalade, and topped with nut-based icing and candied fruits.
Where does mazurek come from?: It is traced to Polish.

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