Polyglot Dictionary

pomme-de-terre

/pɔm.də.tɛʁ/

la noun A1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les pommes-de-terre

Meaning

  1. potato

    • Elle épluche les pommes-de-terre.

      She peels the potatoes.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

patate

patate and "pomme de terre" are close synonyms for "potato"; patate is more colloquial, informal.

Similar in other languages

German

Kartoffel

Kartoffel is the German word for the same thing — both mean "potato."

Spanish

patata

patata is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "potato."

Portuguese

batata

batata is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "potato."

Practice

1 What does pomme-de-terre mean?

2 Fill the gap: Elle épluche les ___-de-terre.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches pomme-de-terre?

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