potatis

Latin

Verb

pōtātis

second-person plural present active indicative of pōtō

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowing from English potatoes, probably through an intermediate potates, from Spanish patata, itself borrowed from Taíno batata.

Pronunciation

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Noun

potatis c

potato

Declension

Declension of potatis
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	potatis	potatisen	potatisar	potatisarna
Genitive	potatis	potatisens	potatisars	potatisarnas

Synonyms

potät (Bohuslän)
knöl
pantoffel (southwestern Skåne)
pantolla (Skåne)
pära (southeastern Skåne and Gotland)
pären, jordpären (northern Norrland)
jordäpplen, jopp (western Dalarna)
jolappel (northern Värmland)
jolpron, jordpäron (Östergötland)
petäta, petätta (northeastern Bohuslän)
noler, putäter (Västergötland)

Derived terms

Further reading

potatis in Svensk ordbok.

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