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Pronunciation
(UK): IPA|/p��teɪt��/, SAMPA|/p@"teIt@U/
(US): AHD|p�-t�ʹt�, IPA|/p��teɪto�/, SAMPA|/p@"teItoU/
audio|en-us-potato.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪt��|-eɪt��

Etymology
From Taino batata, meaning sweet potato, via Spanish patata. Not from a hypothetical Nahuatl word *potatl.

Noun
en-noun|pl=potatoes

1. A plant tuber, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe.

Synonyms
spud (slang)

Derived terms
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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
w:Irish Potato Famine|Irish Potato Famine
jacket potato
Japanese potato
Jersey Royal potatoes
Jerusalem potato
little potato
Livingstone potato
long white potato
low-starch potato
Lyonnaise potatoes
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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
potato-eater
potato-eel
potatoes and point
potatoey
potato-eye
potato failure
potato family
potato famine
potato farls
potato fly
potato fern
potato finger
potato flake
potato flour
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
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potato leaf roll virus, potato leafroll virus
potato lectin
potatoless
potato-loaf
potato masher, potato-masher
potato mildew
potato-mill
potato mop-top virus
potato mold, potato mould
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 skin
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
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potato virus M
potato virus S
potato virus T
potato virus U
potato virus V
potato virus X
potato virus Y
w:Potato War|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
prairie potato
Price's potato-bean
prickly potato
purple Peruvian potato
purple potato
red-skinned potato
red potato
red round potato
Russet Burbank potato
russet potato
salt potatoes
scalloped potatoes
sea potato
seaside potato
seed potato
Spanish potato
small potato, small potatoes, small potatoes and a few in a hill, small potatoes and a few in the hill
scalloped potatoes
shoestring potatoes
smashed potatoes
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 Finn potato
Yellow Finnish potato
yellow potato
Yukon Gold potato
Zulu potato, Zulu round potato
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Translations
trans-top|plant tuber eaten as starchy vegetable
Afrikaans: aartappel ertappel
Albanian: patate
Arabic: ARchar|بطاطا unicode|(ba�á�a) f
Bosnian: krompir#Bosnian|krompir m
Bulgarian: ка��о� (kartóf)
Catalan: patata f
Chinese: �� (t� dòu), 马�� (m�líng sh�)
Crimean Tatar: kartop
Croatian: krumpir m
Czech: brambor m, brambora f
Danish: kartoffel
Dutch: aardappel f, pieper m, patat f
Esperanto: terpomo
Estonian: kartul
Faroese: epli n
Finnish: peruna
French: pomme de terre f, patate f
German: Kartoffel f, Erdapfel m (Southern Germany, Switzerland, Austria)
Greek: �α�ά�α (patáta) f, γε�μηλο (yeómilo) n
Hindi: �ल� (�lū)
Hungarian: burgonya, krumpli
Icelandic: kartafla
Inari Sami: potás
Irish: pratai
Italian: patata f
Japanese: ����� (jagaimó), 馬�� (�����, bar�sho)
Kölsch: �äpel m
Korean: �� (gamja)
Latvian: kartupelis m
Limburgish: irpel
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Lithuanian: bulv� f
Maltese: patata f
Mongolian: RUchar|�өм� (töms)
Northern Sami: bu�eita, bu�et
Norwegian: potet m
Persian: FAchar|س�ب ز���� (sibzamini)
Polish: ziemniak m, kartofel m, pyra f
Portuguese: batata f, batatinha f, marmêndoa f
Quechua: papa
Romanian: cartof m, barabul� (in Moldavia) f
Russian: ка��о�ел� (kartófel�) m
Sanskrit: �ल� (�lū)
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: к�омпи�#Serbian|к�омпи� m
:Roman: krompir#Serbian|krompir m
Skolt Sami: pååttaǩ
Slovak: zemiaky
Slovene: krompir m
Spanish: papa f italbrac|Latin America|Southern Spain and Canary Islands, patata f italbrac|Mexico and Spain standard usage
Swahili: kiazi, viazi pl (noun 7/8)
Swedish: potatis, pottis
Telugu: �ల��డ�డ, �ర�ల�డ�డ, బ��ాళాద��ప
Tetum: fehuk-ropa, fehuk-malae, fehuk-midar
Thai: THchar|มั��รั�� (man fà-ràng)
Tibetan: ELchar|�ོ��ོ�� (zho khog)
Turkish: patates
Ukrainian: ка��опл� (kartóplja) m
Urdu: URchar|ا��|آ�� (�lū)
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Italian

Verb
it-pp|potat

1. past participle of potare

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