potato pancake
3
1.3
- noun
- /pəˈteɪtoʊ ˈpænkeɪk/
:
latke
- As we walked into the parlor, the smell of frying potato pancakes wafted in from the kitchen, filling my nose.
- crispy potato pancakes
- potato pancakes with applesauce
- frying potato pancakes
Examples
-
The basic menu includes cole slaw, rye bread, potato pancakes, and fried fish, but many restaurants add their own creative spin.
Blog text (30) -
Potato pancakes sizzled on the griddle, bacon sputtered in a skillet, and cinnamon applesauce bubbled on the stove.
Fiction book (1998) -
Sweet potato pancakes, would you look at that?
-
We eat potato pancakes and other fried foods.
Fiction book (2001) -
I understand you're famous for your potato pancakes.
-
We started with potato pancakes with applesauce and sour cream.
Blog text (24) -
"It was the first night of Hanukkah, and everyone was looking forward to Bubbe's delicious potato pancakes."
Fiction book (2002) -
For each of the eight nights of Hanukkah, her family ate potato pancakes fried in oil.
-
I understand you're famous for your potato pancakes.
-
At one recent meal, Chinook offered a special appetizer of potato pancakes with applesauce and sour cream.
Synonyms
6
7.5
A fried potato pancake made with egg and a little flour
How Crisp
- US
48
1.0
3
1.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'potato' + 'pancake' — a pancake made from potato — following a regular noun–noun compounding pattern. This concept is common cross-linguistically (many languages have equivalent terms), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The compound noun potato pancake comes from the simple picture of a flat 'pancake' made from grated potato and fried until crisp, so the name now means 'a small flat cake made from potato'.