Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A round Polish pastry similar to a doughnut, usually filled with fruit and topped with sugar or icing.

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  • noun A traditional Polish doughnut.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Polish pączki, pl. of pączek, bud, doughnut, diminutive of pąk, bud.]

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Polish pączki, plural form of pączek.

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Examples

  • New York Times writer Paul Stenquist made a gooey comparison between GM announcing that the Chevy Volt will be built in Hamtramck, whose most famous other export are those Polish jelly doughnuts known as paczki:

    Freep.com - RSS 2009

  • This was my reality growing up, watching my grandmother baking "paczki" (a kind of jelly doughnut) and blueberry pierogi.

    Natalia Brzezinski: Poland Has Not Yet Been Lost 2010

  • This was my reality growing up, watching my grandmother baking "paczki" (a kind of jelly doughnut) and blueberry pierogi.

    Poland Has Not Yet Been Lost Natalia Brzezinski 2010

  • The food menu includes kielbasa (Polish sausage), pierogi (stuffed dumpling), kapusta (sauerkraut), desserts and pastries ( "paczki" and poppy seed cake) - and of course authentic Polish beer!

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

  • For dessert they indulge in "stewed fruit, fruit dumplings, pancakes with fruit or cheese and jam donuts called paczki (Countries and Their Cultures, 2009).

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2010

  • Niestety nie znalazłem jeszcze paczki z tym efektem dla Kubuntu, ale w tym wypadku kompilacja ze źródeł nie powinna sprawiać kłopotów, więc jeśli ktoś chce wypróbować go na swoim pulpicie nie będzie miał problemów, jednak zanim przystąpimy do tej operacji radzę przeczytać mój wcześniejszy post o instalacji plasmoidów, który w prosty sposób wyjaśnia podstawowe zagadnienia z tym związane.

    Efekt Pulse dla KWin GregKoval 2010

  • Niestety nie znalazłem jeszcze paczki z tym efektem dla Kubuntu, ale w tym wypadku kompilacja ze źródeł nie powinna sprawiać kłopotów, więc jeśli ktoś chce wypróbować go na swoim pulpicie nie będzie miał problemów, jednak zanim przystąpimy do tej operacji radzę przeczytać mój wcześniejszy post o instalacji plasmoidów, który w prosty sposób wyjaśnia podstawowe zagadnienia z tym związane.

    Efekt Pulse dla KWin GregKoval 2010

  • If only there was a blogger in Toronto who could get me some paczki from Granowska's in Roncesvalles, that would be great.

    Friday Night Female Flesh 2008

  • They do remind me a bit, like Rob said, of Polisch paczki.

    A sweet escape | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2007

  • There's a large Polish community here so I'll keep my eye out for paczki.

    A sweet escape | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2007

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  • This looks like it can't be spelled right. Do some of these letters need little hats or booties?

    February 24, 2009

  • Yes, the <a> wants an ogonek to keep its tootsies dry.

    February 24, 2009

  • Like this, Qroqqa? pączki

    February 24, 2009

  • Poor little A. Well, I don't want to orphan the word just because its booties were taken away. Also, since most of us can't type the little booties, I've only ever seen it spelled this way. :(

    February 24, 2009