potato

A1 Topic:Food & Drink

US /pəˈteɪ.təʊ/ See IPA manual

noun verb Freq #4343

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

More donovanearthapplemickeymurphytoaster

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Forms potatoespotatolesstaturs

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

Etymology

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

batata tnq

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# potato

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** 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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