polka dot

Etymology
1871, US; named after the dance, which was popular at the time (1840–1890). Numerous other things were also named for the dance, but these names have not endured.

Noun

 * 1) Any of a number of uniform round dots, repeated to make a regular geometric pattern on a fabric

Translations

 * Bulgarian: десен на точки
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 波爾卡圓點, 波爾卡點
 * French:
 * German: Punktmuster
 * Irish: polcaphonc
 * Italian: pois
 * Japanese: 水玉模様, 水玉
 * Polish:
 * Russian: узо́р в горо́шек,
 * Spanish:
 * Vietnamese: chấm bi polka
 * Welsh: smotyn crwn

Verb

 * 1) To cover as with polka dots.