patat - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Borrowed from a Indo-European language, likely French patate, Spanish patata or English potato.

• IPA^(key): /pɑˈtɑt/
• Hyphenation: pa‧tat

patát

1. potato

• Douglas R. Parks, Janet Beltran, Ella P. Waters (1979) Introduction to the Arikara language‎^[1], Bismarck, page 16

patat f

1. (Luserna) potato

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Borrowed from French patate, from Spanish patata, probably from Taíno batata. Doublet of tatta and bataat.

• IPA^(key): /paːˈtɑt/, /pɑˈtɑt/
• Hyphenation: pa‧tat
• Rhymes: -ɑt

patat f (plural patatten, diminutive patatje n)

1. (Northern, uncountable) chips, french fries

   Synonym: friet

2. (Southern, countable) a potato

   Synonym: aardappel

From French patate (“sweet potato”).

• IPA^(key): /patat/

patat

1. sweet potato

patat m (plural patac)

1. (Gherdëina, Fascian) potato

   stlufé i patac ― to peel the potatoes

• sone (Badiot)
• pom de tera (Fascian)

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patat c (no plural)

1. chips, French fries

   Synonym: patatfryt

• “patat”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011