polca

Asturian

Etymology

From French polka.

Noun

polca f (uncountable)

1. polka (dance)
2. polka (music for this dance)

Hungarian

Etymology

polc +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolt͡sɒ]
• Hyphenation: pol‧ca

Noun

polca

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of polc

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	polca	—
accusative	polcát	—
dative	polcának	—
instrumental	polcával	—
causal-final	polcáért	—
translative	polcává	—
terminative	polcáig	—
essive-formal	polcaként	—
essive-modal	polcául	—
inessive	polcában	—
superessive	polcán	—
adessive	polcánál	—
illative	polcába	—
sublative	polcára	—
allative	polcához	—
elative	polcából	—
delative	polcáról	—
ablative	polcától	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	polcáé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	polcáéi	—

Italian

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Etymology

From Czech polka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔl.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɔlka
• Hyphenation: pòl‧ca

Noun

polca f (plural polche)

1. polka

Anagrams

• colpa, palco, placo, placò

Portuguese

Etymology

From French polka.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpow.kɐ/ [ˈpoʊ̯.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpow.kɐ/ [ˈpoʊ̯.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpow.ka/ [ˈpoʊ̯.ka]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpol.kɐ/ [ˈpoɫ.kɐ]

• Hyphenation: pol‧ca

Noun

polca f (plural polcas)

1. polka (lively dance originating in Bohemia)
2. polka (music for this dance)

Further reading

• “polca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “polca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French polka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolka/ [ˈpol.ka]
• Rhymes: -olka
• Syllabification: pol‧ca

Noun

polca f (plural polcas)

1. polka (lively dance originating in Bohemia)
2. polka (music for this dance)

Derived terms

• del año de la polca

Further reading

• “polca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *polica. By surface analysis, poł or płóć +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔlt͡sa/
• Rhymes: -ɔlt͡sa
• Hyphenation: pol‧ca
• Syllabification: pol‧ca

Noun

polca f

1. shelf, shelving, rack, bookcase

Declension

Declension of polca (feminine hard hissing stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	polca	polcy	polcy
genitive	polcy	polcow	polcow
dative	polcy	polcomaj	polcam
accusative	polcu	polcy	polcy
instrumental	polcu	polcomaj	polcami
locative	polcy	polcomaj	polcach
vocative	polca	polcy	polcy

References

• “polca” in Soblex