potato

A1 Topic:Food & Drink

US /pəˈteɪ.toʊ/ UK /pəˈteɪ.təʊ/ See IPA manual

Freq #4343

Meanings

1

noun
A round vegetable with brown or yellow skin that grows underground and is cooked before eating.

We had roast chicken with potatoes for dinner.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a round vegetable with... spud tater

More donovanearthapplemickeymurphytoaster

Word family

Forms potatoespotatolesstaturs

Derived forms air-potatofauxtatononpotatopomatopotaterpotato-applepotato-ballpotato-beanpotato-beetlepotato-boglepotato-boxpotato-bug

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Phrases (1)

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potato pancake
a pancake made mainly from grated potato, typically bound with egg and flour

Noun + noun

Idioms (1)

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a hot potato
A controversial or awkward issue that no one wants to deal with.

Simplified etymology

Potato comes from Spanish patata, a variant of the Caribbean word batata, “sweet potato.” English first used the name for the sweet potato, but by the late 16th century it was also being applied to the newly introduced white potato.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish patata, itself borrowed from Taíno batata (“sweet potato”).

batata tnq

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Topics

Food & Drink

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# potato

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /pəˈteɪ.toʊ/
**IPA (UK):** /pəˈteɪ.təʊ/
**Frequency rank:** 4343

## Meanings
1. A round vegetable with brown or yellow skin that grows underground and is cooked before eating.

## Examples
- We had roast chicken with potatoes for dinner.

## Synonyms
- donovan
- earthapple
- mickey
- murphy
- toaster

## Derived Forms
- air-potato
- fauxtato
- nonpotato
- pomato
- potater
- potato-apple
- potato-ball
- potato-bean
- potato-beetle
- potato-bogle
- potato-box
- potato-bug

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: batata

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish patata, itself borrowed from Taíno batata (“sweet potato”).

## AI Etymology
Potato was borrowed from Spanish patata, itself borrowed from Taíno batata (“sweet potato”). The historical chain includes batata (tnq). In present-day English it covers a round vegetable with brown or yellow skin that grows underground and is cooked before eating. The wider family includes derived forms such as air-potato, fauxtato, nonpotato, pomato, potater.

## Topics
- Food & Drink

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