English

Alternative forms

• (uncommon) kielbasy, kolbasa, kovbasa
• (rare) kielbassi, kolbasi, kolbassi, kolbasy

Noun

kielbasa ‎(plural kielbasas or kielbasy)

1. A spicy, smoked sausage of a particular kind.
   • 1994 July 21, Faye Fiore, “Congress relishes another franking privilege: Meat lobby puts on the dog with exclusive luncheon for lawmakers – experts on pork”, in Los Angeles Times:

     Congressmen gleefully wolfed down every imaginable version of the hot dog – smoked kielbasas, jumbo grillers, Big & Juicy's, kosher dogs and spiced dogs […]

2. (slang) ****.

Synonyms

• (food): Polish sausage (informal)

External links

• kielbasa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “kielbasa” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
• “kielbasa” in Frederic Gomes Cassidy, Joan Houston Hall (1985), Dictionary of American Regional English, p 212, Harvard University Press, ISBN 0674205197.

1. 1 2 “kielbasa” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
2. 1 2 3 “kielbasa” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Online.
3. 1 2 “kielbasa” (US) / “kielbasa” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.

French

Etymology

From Polish kiełbasa

Noun

kielbasa m, f ‎(plural kielbasas)

1. kielbasa (Polish sausage)

Synonyms

• saucisse polonaise (informal)