polka

1. 1.

   music performed for dancing the polka

   Broaderdance music
2. 2.

   a Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time

   Broaderfolk dancing

1. 1.

   dance a polka

   Broaderdance

Other forms of polka

plural

polkas·

past tense

polkaed·

present participle

polkaing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about polka

What does polka mean?

polka means "music performed for dancing the polka". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in polka?

polka has 2 syllables: pol-ka. The stress falls on "pol". In IPA it is /ˈpoʊlkɑ/.

Is polka a common word?

polka is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.