kartofel

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kartoffel, from older Tartuffel or Tartüffel, from Italian tartufolo, diminutive of tartufo, from Medieval Latin *territūberum or Latin terrae tūber.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /karˈtɔfɛl/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): /karˈtɔfɛl/

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• Rhymes: -ɔfɛl
• Syllabification: kar‧to‧fel

Noun

kartofel m inan (diminutive kartofelek, augmentative kartoflisko)

1. potato

   Synonyms: ziemniak, pyra

2. (slang) nose

   Synonym: ogór

3. (colloquial, sports) chip shot (an easy goal)

   Synonyms: babol, szmata

Declension

Declension of kartofel

	singular	plural
nominative	kartofel	kartofle
genitive	kartofla	kartofli
dative	kartoflowi	kartoflom
accusative	kartofel	kartofle
instrumental	kartoflem	kartoflami
locative	kartoflu	kartoflach
vocative	kartoflu	kartofle

Derived terms

adjective

• kartoflany

 

nouns

• kartoflanka
• kartoflisko

 

Further reading

• kartofel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kartofel in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Oskar Kolberg (1867) “pantówka”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 274