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Definition: Polka Dot |
Polka DotNoun1. Design consisting of a pattern of regularly spaced circular spots. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Polka Dot Door (1971) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Theater & Movies | |
Consumer Goods | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Pearly teeth and polka dot columns formed a backdrop for these road show chorus cuties at the Capitol Theatre in the 1930s. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
polka dot | 107 |
polka dot dress | 50 |
polka dot bikini | 28 |
polka dot plant | 18 |
polka dot door | 15 |
polka dot skirt | 7 |
polka dot tie | 5 |
polka dot ribbon | 4 |
polka dot and moonbeams | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "polka dot"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pikël në qëndisje. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | десен на точки. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | με πουά. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | petty (fleck, freckle, polka-dot, speck, speckle, spot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pois. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ポリ燐酸 (low-lying land reclaimed from the sea, polka, poltergeist, polyphosphoric acid, Porsche, Portugal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ポルカドット . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | olkapay otday узор в горошек. (various references) tufna (dot), tačkica (spot). (various references) punto (degree, Dot, fleck, full stop, issue, period, pip, plank, point, speck, speckle, spot, stop, the point). (various references) storprickig. (various references) puantiyeli kumaş, puantiyeli (spotted, spotty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Mamestra persicariae, Melanchra persicariae, Polia persicariae. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-k-l-o-o-p-t" | |
-3 letters: adopt, dotal, polka, pooka. | |
-4 letters: alto, apod, atop, dato, doat, dolt, dopa, kola, kolo, koto, load, look, loop, loot, lota, opal, plat, plod, plot, polo, pood, pool, talk, toad, tola, told, took, tool. | |
-5 letters: ado, alp, alt, apt, dak, dal, dap, dol, dot, kat, koa, kop, lad, lap, lat, loo, lop, lot, oak. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6F 6C 6B 61 44 6F 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101111 01101100 01101011 01100001 00100000 01000100 01101111 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P o l k a   D o t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006F 006C 006B 0061 0044 006F 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50817877672388186 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | japonez, японски език, японци, японски, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | japonez, японски език, японци, японски, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, испански език, испански, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, турски език, турски, τούρκικοσ, török, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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