potato

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potato

/pəˈteɪ.təʊ/ England
/pəˈteɪ.toʊ/ Canada, US
[-ɾoʊ̯] Canada, US
/pɵˈʈaʈo/ South Asia
/pɵˈʈeʈo/ South Asia
/poˈteɪ.to/ Philippines
/pəˈteto/ Scotland

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Borrowed from Spanish patata, itself borrowed from Taíno batata (“sweet potato”). Doublet of batata.

noun potatoes · potatoe · p'tater · tater

countable, uncountable The edible starchy tuber of the plant species Solanum tuberosum. Do not let your child have potato for another year; he will probably take milk well enough after he is weaned.
Similar: p'tater, spud, tato, tater, tator, tatie, earthapple, mickey, murphy, bog orange, Donovan, Irish apricot
countable, uncountable The plant that produces this tuber.
Similar: many of the synonyms for the tuber can also refer to the plant
countable, obsolete, uncountable A sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas).
UK, countable, informal, uncountable A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking. She was untidily dressed as usual and there were potatoes in both heels.
countable, derogatory, endearing, often, sometimes, uncountable A person or animal shaped like a potato, that is, with a large belly and/or short legs.
countable, uncountable Metaphor for a person or thing of little value. I don't value Monſieur de Champignon a rotten potatoe; […]
countable, offensive, slang, uncountable A mentally handicapped person.
countable, humorous, uncountable A camera that takes poor-quality pictures or videos.
countable, humorous, slang, uncountable An underpowered computer or other device, especially when small in size. When most people refer to their computers as a potato they're being hyperbolic, but not Ethan. He plays Overwatch at 800x600 resolution with all settings on low and is excited when he gets 30 fps.
Similar: toaster

verb potatoes · potatoing · potatoed · potatoe · p'tater

slang, transitive To hit very hard; to pummel. Bradshaw doesn't find much humour in it though, and beats the tar out of Dustin, potatoing him with every blow.
transitive To hit with a thrown or fired potato. Yvonne and Lee Swee potatoed Deputy Lestrade multiple times before Sheriff Moran potatoed them both. […] Suddenly, Sheriff Moran heard the click click of an empty weapon. He turned to see that both Mayor Eliza and Kat had run out of ammunition.

interjection potatoe · p'tater · tater

often, onomatopoeic, repeated The rhythmic sound produced by a V-twin engine—a distinctive deep, throaty exhaust note.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: white potato, irish potato, tater, spud, murphy, solanum tuberosum, apple, pomme, starch, mickey, nematode, jackass, apples, buster, cute, daddy

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Every language

noun plant tuber eaten as starchy vegetable

Español	patata, papa, chuño, tunta
한국어	감자 gamja
日本語	じゃがいも jagaimo, 馬鈴薯 bareisho, ポテト poteto
中文	土豆 tǔdòu, 馬鈴薯 /马铃薯 mǎlíngshǔ, 洋芋 yángyù, 山藥蛋 /山药蛋 shānyaodàn, 地蛋, 洋山芋 yángshānyù
हिन्दी	आलू ālū
Kiswahili	kiazi, kiazi ulaya
Português	batata
Français	pomme de terre, patate
Deutsch	Kartoffel, Erdbirne, Grundbirne
Italiano	patata, pomo di terra
Ελληνικά	πατάτα patáta, γεώμηλο geómilo
Română	cartof, barabulă (Moldova)
Русский	карто́фель kartófelʹ, карто́фелина kartófelina, карто́шка kartóška, карто́ха kartóxa
Tiếng Việt	khoai tây
العربية	بَطَاطَا baṭāṭā, بَطَاطِس baṭāṭis
עברית	תַּפּוּחַ אֲדָמָה tapuákh adamá, בּוּלְבּוּס bulbus

noun underpowered computer

Español	patata
中文	土豆服務器 /土豆服务器
Русский	картошка kartoška

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@misc{potato_2026,
  title = {potato},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/potato},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}