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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And somewhere around kielbasa number two or three, I noticed that the same two ingredients kept turning up beside it: peppers and onions.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
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
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
Add the kielbasa, if using, and cook until the peppers are soft but retain a bit of bite, about 10 more minutes.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2022
The chance to win a pearl; the chance to taste something different than kielbasa or chipped-ham cafeteria sandwiches.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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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