latke

See also: łatkę, łątkę, and латке

English

Latkes with apple sauce

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish לאַטקע (latke), from either Russian ла́тка (látka, “pastry, patch”) or Ukrainian оладка (oladka, “pancake, fritter”). In Polish łatka (“patch”) or placek, placki (“fritter, fritters”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑːt.ki/, /ˈlɑːt.kə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

latke (plural latkes)

1. A pancake fried in oil, usually made from potatoes and sometimes also onions, traditionally served on Hanukkah.

   Her favorite Chanukah memories were of eating latkes and sour cream while her mother gossiped with the aunts and cousins.

   • 2022 January 19, Yair Rosenberg, “Why So Many People Still Don’t Understand Anti-Semitism”, in The Atlantic‎^[1], archived from the original on 19 January 2022:

     We do not spend our days huddled in smoke-filled rooms plotting world domination while Jared Kushner plays dreidel in the back with Noam Chomsky and George Soros sneaks the last latke.

Translations

pancake fried in oil

• Hebrew: לביבה (he) (levivah)
• Swedish: latke
• Yiddish: לאַטקע f (latke)

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