kielbasa
pronunciation
How to pronounce kielbasa in British English:
UK [kɪl'bɑ:sə]
How to pronounce kielbasa in American English:
US [kɪl'bɑsə]
Word Origin
- kielbasa (n.)
- 1951, from Polish kiełbasa "sausage" (Russian kolbasa, Serbo-Croatian kobasica); perhaps from Turkish kulbasti, "grilled cutlet," literally "pressed on the ashes." Or perhaps, via Jewish butchers, from Hebrew kolbasar "all kinds of meat."
Example
- 1. Polish breakfast known locally as jajecznica , a traditional polish breakfast consists of scrambled eggs covered with slices of custom-made kielbasa and joined by two potato pancakes .