kielbasa
Americannoun
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kielbasas,
plural
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kielbasy
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of kielbasa
First recorded in 1950–55; from Polish kiełbasa “sausage,” cognate with Czech klobása, dialectal Serbo-Croatian klobasa, Bulgarian kŭlbása, Russian kolbasá; further origin uncertain
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Foo, 43, and her husband and 2-year-old son were eating a kielbasa dinner by candlelight, with the electricity already out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2025
For my lazy version, I cut the potatoes small so they cook quickly, sauté kale in the same pan as the kielbasa, and use green onions so they don't need any cooking at all.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2023
A little bit of sausage — either chorizo or kielbasa — floating amid the veggies adds richness, body and a brawny kick.
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2023
At 10 a.m., the line for a hot dog or kielbasa at Al’s Gourmet Sausage was 15 deep.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 15, 2022
The scratch was shallow, but the area surrounding the abrasion was as red and swollen as a chain of kielbasa sausage.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
A crew of nine serving bratwursts, kielbasas and beer steins had dwindled to one solitary staffer per shift.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
Amy’s vanity is almost always overdone, never more so than by the teen actress Elizabeth Taylor, with a set of blond ringlets that look like a brace of kielbasas.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 20, 2018
Better yet, two kielbasas down and I felt fine.
From Golf Digest ● Jun. 12, 2017
When Billy’s unit gets invited to a lush buffet inside the owner’s box, the limpid, high-res food—glistening kielbasas, ripe chunks of cantaloupe—disrupts and dominates the scene.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2016
Polish goods line the shelves, buckets of pickles and sauerkraut sit on the floor and thick kielbasas dangle from ceiling hooks in tightly packed rows.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2015
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