kluska
Polish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from German Kloß + -ka, perhaps via the Silesian variant Kluß.
Alternative forms
editNoun
editkluska f (diminutive kluseczka, augmentative klucha, related adjective kluskowy)
- noodle (string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients)
- (in the plural) kluski (noodles prepared in an ethnic Polish manner; specifically, thin strips of dough, as opposed to filled shells)
- Hypernym: nudle
- piece of kluski
- (colloquial, figurative) fatso, butterball (overweight person)
- (colloquial, figurative) dweeb, hacker, klutz, nebbish (clumsy or stupid person)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:niezdara
Declension
editDeclension of kluska
Derived terms
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Related terms
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Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
editkluska m inan
Noun
editkluska m pers
Further reading
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- Polish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Polish/uska
- Rhymes:Polish/uska/2 syllables
- Polish terms with homophones
- Polish terms derived from Middle High German
- Polish terms derived from Old High German
- Polish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Polish terms borrowed from German
- Polish terms derived from German
- Polish terms suffixed with -ka
- Polish lemmas
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- Polish feminine nouns
- Polish colloquialisms
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