potatis

Latin

Verb

pōtātis

1. 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

• IPA^(key): /pʊˈtɑːtɪs/, /pʊ²tɑːˌtɪs/

• Audio (Gotland); “en potatis” /pʊˈtɑːtɪs/:

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• Hyphenation: po‧ta‧tis
• Rhymes: -¹ɑːtɪs, -²ɑːtɪs

Noun

potatis c

1. a potato (tuber of Solanum tuberosum)
2. (collectively) potato

   Pommes frites görs av potatis

   French fries are made from potatoes ("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 Scania)
• pantolla (Scania)
• pära (southeastern Scania 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

• färskpotatis (“new potato”)
• ha satt sin sista potatis
• het potatis
• mandelpotatis (“almond potato”)

References

• potatis in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• potatis in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• potatis in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)