potato

English

Potato and cross-section.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish patata, itself borrowed from Taíno batata.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /pəˈteɪtəʊ/
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(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəˈteɪtəʊ/
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(General American) enPR: pə-tāʹtō, IPA^(key): /pəˈteɪtoʊ/, /pəˈteɪtə/
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Rhymes: -eɪtəʊ

Noun

potato (plural potatoes)

A plant tuber, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe
(informal, Britain) A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking
(humorous) A camera that takes poor-quality pictures.
(slang, offensive) A mentally handicapped person.

Synonyms

(plant): spud (slang)
(plant): tater (slang)
(vegetable): earthapple (rare)

Derived terms

air potato, air-potato
almond potato
Amandine potato
Andean potato latent virus
Andean potato mottle virus
Anna potatoes
apple potato bread
baby potato
baked potato
baking potato
bastard potato
Bengal potatoes
Bintje potato
black potato
blue potato
boiling potato
Bordet-Gengou potato blood agar
Brazilian potato tree
Burbank potato, Burbank Russet potato
Canada potato
Canarian wrinkly potatoes
Caribe potato
Carolina potato
chat potatoes
chef's potato
Chilean potato-tree, Chilean potato vine
Chilian potato
Chinese potato
clean potato
cold-potato routing
coleus potato
Colorado potato beetle
couch potato
Cree potato
Cuban sweet potato
Delmonico potato
duchess potatoes, duchesse potatoes
duck potato
false potato beetle
fauxtato
fingerling potato
finger potato
frafra potato
French-fried potatoes
giant potato creeper
glasshouse and potato aphid
Greenfield potatoes
Hausa potato
hog potato
hog's potato
home-fried potatoes
hot potato
Idaho potato
Indian potato
Irish potato
Irish potato bread
Irish Potato Famine
jacket potato
Japanese potato
Jersey Royal potatoes
Jerusalem potato
little potato
Livingstone potato
long white potato
low-starch potato
Lyonnaise potatoes
Madagascar potato
mashed potato, mashed potatoes
meat and potatoes
meat and potato pie
Mexican potato
mouse potato
Mr. Potato Head
native potato
new potato
O'Brien potatoes
oca potato
one potato, two potato
pineapple potato
potater
potato aphid
potato apple, potato-apple
potato aucuba mosaic virus
potato badger
potato-ball
potato bean, potato-bean
potato beetle, potato-beetle
potato black ringspot virus
potato blight
potato blood agar
potato-bogle
potato-box
potato bread
potato bug, potato-bug
potato cake, potato-cake
potato cannon
potato chips
potato clay
potato creeper
potato crisps
potato curl
potato cyst
potato cyst nematode
potato deforming mosaic virus
potato dextrose agar
potato dextrose broth
potato disease
potato dumpling
potatoe
potato-eater
potato-eel
potatoes and point
potatoey
potato-eye
potato failure
potato family
potato famine
potato farls
potato fern
potato finger
potato flake
potato flour
potato fly
potato-fly
potato fork
potato fungus
potato grant
potato gun
potato-headed
potato hook
potato-jaw
potato kugel
potato late blight
potato latent virus
potato latke
potato leafhopper
potato leaf roll virus, potato leafroll virus
potato lectin
potatoless
potato-loaf
potato masher, potato-masher
potato mildew
potato-mill
potato mold, potato mould
potato mop-top virus
potato mosaic
potato moth
potato-mouth
potato-mouthed
potato murrain
potato nose, potato-nose
potato nuggets
potato oat
potato of Canada
potato oil
potato onion
potato pancake
potato paradox
potato patch
potato peel
potato peeler, potato-peeler
potato peelings
potato pen
potato pie
potato pit
potato plant
potato pretender
potato psyllid
potato pudding
potato puff
potato race
potato ricer
potato ring, potato-ring
potato-root
potato root nematode
potato rot
potato rot nematode
potato rugose mosaic
potato salad
potato scab
potato scab bacteria
potato scone
potato-scoop
potato set
potato-shop
potato-sick
potato spindle tuber viroid
potato spirit, potato-spirit
potato split-worm
potato-spraying
potato-stalk weevil
potato starch
potato stem mottle
potato stick
potato straw
potato sugar
potato trap, potato-trap
potato tree, potato-tree
potato tuber moth
potato tuber nematode
potato tuberworm
potato tumor, potato tumour
potato vine
potato virus A
potato virus M
potato virus S
potato virus T
potato virus U
potato virus V
potato virus X
potato virus Y
Potato War
potato wart
potato wart fungus
potato weevil
potato whisky
potato-woman
potato worm
potato yam
potato yellow dwarf
potato yellow dwarf virus, potato yellow-dwarf virus
potato yellowing virus
potato yellow mosaic virus
potato yellow vein virus
potayto, potahto
prairie potato
Price's potato-bean
prickly potato
purple Peruvian potato
purple potato
red potato
red round potato
red-skinned potato
Russet Burbank potato
russet potato
salt potatoes
scalloped potatoes
sea potato
seaside potato
seed potato
shoestring potatoes
small potato, small potatoes, small potatoes and a few in a hill, small potatoes and a few in the hill
smashed potatoes
Spanish potato
starchy potato
Sudan potato
swamp potato
sweet potato
tater
Telinga potato
telingo potato
ten-lined potato beetle
Uruguay potato
Uruguay potato vine
Virginia potato, Virginian potato
Vivaldi potato
waxy potato
white potato
white potato vine
white round potato
wild potato
wild potato mosaic virus
wild potato vine, wild sweet potato vine
wild sweet potato
yellow dwarf of potato
Yellow Finnish potato
Yellow Finn potato
yellow potato
Yukon Gold potato
Zulu potato, Zulu round potato

Translations

plant tuber eaten as starchy vegetable

Abkhaz: акартош (āḳārṭoš)
Adyghe: чӏырыкӏу (č̣ərəḳ°)
Afrikaans: aartappel (af), ertappel (af)
Albanian: patate (sq), kërtollë (sq)
Amharic: ድንች (dənč)
Arabic: بَطَاطَا‎ (ar) f (baṭāṭā), بَطَاطِس‎ m (baṭāṭis)
Egyptian Arabic: بطاطس‎ f (baṭáṭes)

Moroccan Arabic: بْطاطا‎ f (bṭaṭa)
Aragonese: trunfa f
Armenian: կարտոֆիլ (hy) (kartofil)
Aromanian: combar (roa-rup), pãpati, pãtatã f, curcaci, cumpir
Assamese: আলু (alu)
Asturian: pataca f
Aymara: ch'uqi
Azerbaijani: kartof (az)
Bashkir: бәрәңге (bäräñge), картуф (kartuf)
Basque: patata (eu), lursagar
Bavarian: Eadäpfe, gartufela, kartufula, eapfl, erdepfl
Belarusian: бу́льба f (búlʹba)
Bengali: আলু (alu)
Breton: aval-douar (br)
Bulgarian: карто́ф m (kartóf)
Burmese: အာလူး (my) (alu:)
Buryat: түмһэн (tümhen)
Catalan: patata (ca) f, creïlla (ca) f (Valencia)
Central Franconian: Grumber; Ärpel, Grompere, Schrumpern (Eifel), Grumbeer (Hunsrückisch), Krombier (Koblenz), Doffel, Duffel (Sieger), Äpel, Erdäpel (Kölsch)
Chamicuro: ma'kona
Chechen: картол (kartol)
Cherokee: ᏄᎾ (nuna)
Chickasaw: ahi'
Chinese:
Cantonese: 薯仔 (syu⁴ zai²), 馬鈴薯, 马铃薯 (maa⁵ ling⁴ syu⁴) (formal)

Mandarin: 土豆 (zh) (tǔdòu) (Mainland), 馬鈴薯 (zh), 马铃薯 (zh) (mǎlíngshǔ), 洋芋 (zh) (yángyù)

Min Dong: 番囝薯 (huăng-giāng-sṳ̀)

Min Nan: 馬鈴薯 (zh-min-nan) (má-lêng-chî, má-lêng-chû), 蕳砃 (kan-tan) (Kinmen), 蕳砃薯 (kan-tan-chîr) (Kinmen)

Wu: 洋山芋 (hhian se hhy)
Chinook Jargon: wapato
Chuvash: ҫӗр улми (śĕr ulmi), паранка (paranka)
Cimbrian: pataata, patàt, patát, petate
Cornish: aval dor m, patatysen f, tetti m
Corsican: pomu (co) m
Crimean Tatar: qartop
Czech: brambor (cs) m, brambora (cs) f
Danish: kartoffel (da) c
Dutch: aardappel (nl) f, pieper (nl) m, patat (nl) f
East Central German: Arber, Ardeppel
Elfdalian: pära f
Erzya: модамарь (modamarʹ)
Esperanto: terpomo (eo)
Estonian: kartul (et)
Faroese: epli n, epl n
Finnish: peruna (fi), pottu (fi)
French: pomme de terre (fr) f, patate (fr) f (informal)
Galician: pataca (gl) f
Georgian: კარტოფილი (ḳarṭopili)
German: Kartoffel (de) f, Erdapfel (de) m (Southern Germany, Switzerland, Austria), Grumbeere f (Southwestern Germany), Erdbirne (de) f, Grundbirne (de) f, Bramburi f (Austria)
Alemannic German: Härdöpfel m, Herdapfel m, artuffula (Carcoforo), Grandbere, Guml, Gummle, Grumbeer, Häpärä, Hääbi, Herdäpfel, Herdöpfel, Grumpre, Grumpara, Grumbira, Härpfl, häpfäl, Häärdepfel, héerfél, trifflu, trüffulu

Central Franconian: Ääpel m
Greek: πατάτα (el) f (patáta)
Greenlandic: naatsiiaq
Guaraní: yvy'a
Gujarati: બટાટો m (baṭāṭo)
Hebrew: תַּפּוּחַ אֲדָמָה‎ (he) m (tapuákh adamá)
Hiligaynon: patatas
Hindi: आलू (hi) m (ālū), आलु (hi) m (ālu)
Hungarian: burgonya (hu), krumpli (hu)
Hunsrik: Kartoffel f, Grummbeer f
Icelandic: kartafla (is) f, (rare) jarðepli (is) n
Ido: terpomo (io), potato (io)
Inari Sami: potás
Indonesian: kentang (id)
Irish: práta (ga) f, fata (ga) m
Italian: patata (it) f
Japanese: じゃがいも (ja) (jagaimó), 馬鈴薯 (ja) (ばれいしょ, bareisho), ポテト (poteto)
Kalmyk: боднцг (bodntsg)
Kannada: ಆಲೂಗಡ್ಡೆ (kn) (ālūgaḍḍe)
Karachay-Balkar: гардош (gardoş), картоф (kartof)
Kashubian: bùlwa f
Kazakh: картоп (kk) (kartop)
Khakas: яблах (yablax)
Khmer: ដំឡូង (km) (dɑmloung)
Konkani: आळूं (āḷūṁ)
Korean: 감자 (ko) (gamja), (Jeju) 지실 (ko) (jisil)
Kumyk: картоп (kartop)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kartol (ku) f, qompîr (ku) f
Kyrgyz: картөшкө (ky) (kartöşkö)
Lao: ມັນຝະລັ່ງ (lo) (man fa lang)
Latgalian: buļbe f
Latin: patata f
Latvian: kartupelis m, tupenis m (dialectism), rācenis (lv) m (dialectism), pampalis m (dialectism)

Limburgish: aerpel (li) m
Lithuanian: bulvė (lt) f
Lombard: pòm da tèra f
Low German:
German Low German: Kantüffel (nds) f, Kartuffel f, Kartüffel f, Kortüffel f
Luhya: silasi
Luxembourgish: Gromper (lb) f
Macedonian: компир m (kompir)
Malagasy: ovy (mg)
Malay: kentang
Malayalam: ഉരുളക്കിഴങ്ങ് (uruḷakkiḻaṅṅŭ)
Maltese: patata f
Manx: praase m
Maori: parareka, taewa, rīwai, kāpana
Marathi: बटाटा m (baṭāṭā)
Mobilian: ahé
Mongolian: төмс (mn) (töms), ᠲᠥᠮᠦᠰᠦ (tömüsü)
Mòcheno: ruab
Nahuatl: camohtli (nah)
Navajo: nímasii
Norman: patate f (Guernsey, Jersey)
Northern Sami: buđeita, buđet
Norwegian:
Bokmål: potet (no) m

Nynorsk: potet m or f
Occitan: trufa (oc) f, patana (oc) f
Oriya: ଆଳୁ (aḷu)
Osage: tóoska
Ossetian: картоф (kartof)
Pashto: کچالو‎ m pl (kačālú), الو‎ (ps) m (alú)
Pennsylvania German: Grumbeer f
Persian: سیب‌زمینی‎ (fa) (sib-zamini)
Picard: pétote f, peu'n tierre f
Polish: ziemniak (pl) m, kartofel (pl) m, pyra (pl) f
Portuguese: batata (pt) f
Punjabi: ਆਲੂ (pa) (ālū)
Quechua: papa
Rhine Franconian: Grumber, Grumbeer, Kadoffl, Kardoffel
Rohingya: alu, aalu
Romanian: cartof (ro) m, barabulă (ro) f (Moldova)
Romansch: tartuffel m, truffel m, hardefel m, tiffel m, ardöffel m, mailinterra f
Russian: карто́фель (ru) m (kartófelʹ), карто́шка (ru) f (kartóška) (colloquial)
Rusyn: банду́рка f (bandúrka)
Saanich: sqewθ
Samoan: pateta
Samogitian: bolbė f
Sanskrit: आलुकम् (sa) n (ālukam)
Scots: pitattie
Scottish Gaelic: buntàta m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кромпир m (Bosnian, Serbian), крумпир m (Croatian)

Roman: krompir (sh) m (Bosnian, Serbian), krumpir (sh) (Croatian)
Silesian: kartofel m
Sindhi: پٽاٽو‎ m (paṯaṯo)
Sinhalese: අල (si) (ala)
Skolt Sami: pååttaǩ
Slovak: zemiak (sk) m
Slovene: krompir (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: kulka f
Spanish: patata (es) f (Spain), papa (es) f (Latin America, Southern Spain and Canary Islands)
Swabian: Bodabirra, Grombiere, Erdepfel, Aidepfl, Äbirre
Swahili: kiazi (sw), kiazi ulaya
Swedish: potatis (sv) c, potät (sv) c, jordäpple (sv) n, pära c, pantoffel (sv) c, plugg (sv) c (strongly colloquial slang)
Tagalog: patatas
Tajik: себзаминӣ (tg) (sebzaminī)
Tamil: ஒருமை (ta) (orumai)
Tashelhit: please add this translation if you can
Tatar: бәрәңге (tt) (bäräñge)
Telugu: ఆలుగడ్డ (te) (ālugaḍḍa), ఉర్లగడ్డ (te) (urlagaḍḍa), బంగాళాదుంప (te) (baṅgāḷādumpa)
Tetum: fehuk-ropa, fehuk-malae, fehuk-midar
Thai: มันฝรั่ง (th) (man-fà-ràng)
Tibetan: ཞོ་ཁོག (zho khog), ཞོག་གོག (zhog gog)
Tongan: pateta
Turkish: patates (tr), yeryumru, yerkök, yerelması (tr) (rare in this sense)
Turkmen: kartoşka
Ukrainian: карто́пля (uk) f (kartóplja), бу́льба (uk) f (búlʹba), барабо́ля (uk) f (barabólja)
Urdu: آلو‎ (ur) m (ālū, ālu)
Uyghur: ياڭيۇ‎ (yangyu)
Uzbek: kartoshka (uz)
Venetian: tartùfola (vec) m, pomo de tèra (vec) m, patata f
Vietnamese: khoai tây (vi)
Vilamovian: aorpuł m
Volapük: pötet (vo), (Solanum tuberosum) pötetaplan
Votic: maamuna
Walloon: crompire (wa) f, canada (wa) m, truke (wa) f, petote (wa) f, cartoxhe (wa) f
Welsh: taten (cy) f
West Frisian: ierappel
White Hmong: qos yaj ywv
Wolof: pombiteer
Yakut: хортуоппуй (xortuoppuy)
Yiddish: קאַרטאָפֿל‎ m or f (kartofl), בולבע‎ f (bulbe)
Yup'ik: patitussaaq, kantuuvvilaq
Zhuang: majlingzsuz
Zulu: izambane (zu) class 5/6

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Marathi: ^{(please verify)} अळु (aḷu)

Anagrams

patoot

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English potato.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /poˈta.to/, /pɔˈta.tɔ/

Noun

potato (plural potati)

potato

Synonyms

terpomo

Italian

Verb

potato m (feminine singular potata, masculine plural potati, feminine plural potate)

past participle of potare

Anagrams

optato

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /poːˈtaː.toː/

Verb

pōtātō

second-person singular future active imperative of pōtō
third-person singular future active imperative of pōtō

Quotations

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