paczki

American

[pawnch-kee] / ˈpɔ̃tʃ ki /

noun

a traditional Polish doughnut, filled with jam or another sweet filling and covered with powdered sugar or icing.

Etymology

Origin of paczki

First recorded in 1945–50; from Polish pączki, nominative plural of pączek “bud (of a flower); jelly doughnut,” diminutive of pąk “flower bud”

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Example Sentences

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Muslim residents queue up to buy paczki, a kind of custard-filled Polish doughnuts.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2021

You probably know of Di Fara’s and Peter Luger, but what about Rzeszowska Polish bakery in Greenpoint, which sells paczki, the jelly-filled doughnuts?

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2018

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