pomme de terre
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Literally meaning "an apple from the earth." The word pomme used to mean "fruit" in Old French. Compare the rare English earthapple, German Erdapfel, Dutch aardappel, Icelandic jarðepli, and Persian سیبزمینی (sib-zamini, literally “earth apple”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pomme de terre f (plural pommes de terre)
Derived terms[edit]
- pomme de terre rissolée (“home fry (home fries)”)
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “pomme de terre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.