potatis

Latin

Verb

pōtātis

1. second-person plural present active indicative of pōtō

Swedish

olika potatissorter [different potato varieties]

Etymology

Borrowed 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)

   Hur många potatisar åt du?

   How many potatoes did you eat?

2. (collectively) potatoes

   Pommes frites görs av potatis

   French fries are made from potatoes [potato]

   skala potatis

   peel potatoes

   sätta potatis

   plant potatoes

   skörda potatis

   harvest potatoes

Declension

Declension of potatis

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	potatis	potatis
	definite	potatisen	potatisens
plural	indefinite	potatisar	potatisars
	definite	potatisarna	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
• hasselbackspotatis
• het potatis
• mandelpotatis (“almond potato”)
• potatisskalare (“peeler”)

References

• “potatis”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “potatis”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “potatis”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)