sweet potato
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sweet potato
- /ˈswiːt pəˈteɪ.təʊ/ UK
- /ˈswit pəˈteɪ.toʊ/ US
Where it comes from
From sweet + potato. Compare Dutch zoete pataat, zoete bataat (“sweet potato”), German Süßbatate (“sweet potato”), Swedish sötpotatis (“sweet potato”), Norwegian søtpotet (“sweet potato”), Faroese søtpotta (“sweet potato”).
noun sweet potatoes · sweetpotato
- A tropical perennial American vine, Ipomoea batatas, having a fleshy tuber.
- The tuber of this plant cooked as a vegetable. The sweet potato is the article referred to as potato by Shakespeare and other English writers, previous to the middle of the seventeenth century.
- An ocarina.
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noun tuber
| Español | batata, boniato, camote, apichu, chaco |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 고구마 goguma |
| 日本語 | 薩摩芋 satsumaimo, サツマイモ satsumaimo, 甘藷 kansho |
| 中文 | 甘薯 gānshǔ, 白薯 báishǔ, 紅薯 /红薯 hóngshǔ, 番薯 fānshǔ, 山芋 shānyù, 番芋 fānyù |
| हिन्दी | शकरकन्द śakarkand |
| Kiswahili | kiazi kitamu |
| Português | batata-doce |
| Français | patate douce, patate, patate sucrée |
| Deutsch | Süßkartoffel |
| Italiano | patata dolce, patata americana, batata |
| Ελληνικά | γλυκοπατάτα glykopatáta |
| Română | batat |
| Русский | бата́т batát, сла́дкий карто́фель sládkij kartófelʹ, сла́дкая карто́шка sládkaja kartóška |
| Tiếng Việt | khoai lang |
| العربية | بَطَاطَا حُلْوَة baṭāṭā ḥulwa, بَطَاطَا baṭāṭā, بَطَاطَة baṭāṭa |
| עברית | בָּטָטָה batáta |
noun vine
| Español | batata, boniato, camote |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 고구마 goguma |
| 中文 | 甘薯 gānshǔ, 白薯 báishǔ, 紅薯 /红薯 hóngshǔ, 番薯 fānshǔ, 山芋 shānyù, 番芋 fānyù |
| हिन्दी | शकरकंद śakarkand |
| Português | batata-doce |
| Français | patate douce, patate, patate sucrée |
| Deutsch | Süßkartoffel, Batate |
| Italiano | patata dolce, patata americana, batata |
| Ελληνικά | γλυκοπατάτα glykopatáta |
| Română | batat |
| العربية | بَطَاطَا حُلْوَة baṭāṭā ḥulwa |
Talk about this word "sweet potato." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sweet%20potato. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sweet potato. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sweet%20potato "sweet potato." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sweet%20potato.Cite this
@misc{sweet_potato_2026,
title = {sweet potato},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sweet%20potato},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
