potato
English
/pəˈteɪ.təʊ/, /pəˈteɪ.toʊ/
noun
Definitions
- The tuber of a plant, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe; this plant.
- (informal) A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking
- (humorous) A camera that takes poor-quality pictures.
- (slang) A mentally handicapped person.
- (humorous) An underpowered computer or other device, especially when small in size.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian patata (potato) derived from Taino batata (sweet potato).
Origin
Taino
batata
Gloss
sweet potato
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Indian English
- Indian potato English
- couch English
- couch potato English
- couch-potatoey English
- nonpotato English
- potatoey English
- potatolike English
- prepotato English
- smash English
- smashed potatoes English
- batatas Latin
- patata Italian
- patate French
- batata Spanish, Castilian
- patata Spanish, Castilian
- patatas Spanish, Castilian
- patatero Spanish, Castilian
- pelapatatas Spanish, Castilian
- pisapatatas Spanish, Castilian
- batata Portuguese
- ポテト Japanese
- nypotet Norwegian Nynorsk
- potet Norwegian Nynorsk
- potetgull Norwegian Nynorsk
- potetmos Norwegian Nynorsk
- potetplante Norwegian Nynorsk
- potetpure Norwegian Nynorsk
- potetpuré Norwegian Nynorsk
- potetstappe Norwegian Nynorsk
- práta Irish
- batata Catalan, Valencian
- patata Catalan, Valencian
- pataca Galician
- πατάτα Greek (modern)
- πατάτα, πατάτες Greek (modern)
- taten Welsh
- tato Welsh
- potato Ido
- patata Maltese
- piteto Marshallese
- patata Sicilian
- poteto Tok Pisin
- patata Basque
- batata Kabuverdianu
- بطاط Gulf Arabic
- boteto Palauan
- batata Taino