pomme de terre

Betekenis (Engels)

potato (Solanum tuberosum)

Geslag

♀️ Vroulik

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/pɔm də tɛʁ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Literally, “apple of [the] earth”. The word pomme used to mean "fruit" in Old French. The French construction originated, as calques, Dutch aardappel, Icelandic jarðepli, Persian سیبزمینی (sib-zamini), Modern Hebrew תפוח אדמה (tapúakh adamá), the rare English earthapple, German Erdapfel, etc.