pomme de terre

Signification

potato (Solanum tuberosum)

Genre

♀️ Féminin

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/pɔm də tɛʁ/

Étymologie

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.