latke

Meaning

A pancake fried in oil, usually made from potatoes and sometimes also onions, traditionally served on Hanukkah.

Synonyms

potato pancake

fried mashed potatoes

fried potato patty

hash brown

potato fritter

Translations

creps de patata

crique

frittella di patate

panquecas de batata

tortitas de patata

Kartoffelpuffer

Reibekuchen

Kartoffelpuffer -s

aardappelpannenkoekje

Reibekuchen

Kartoffelpfannkuchen

Reiberdatschi

Reibeplätzchen

Kartoffelpfannkuchen -s

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlɑːt.ki/

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish לאַטקע (latke), from either Russian ла́тка (látka, “pastry, patch”) or Ukrainian оладка (oladka, “pancake, fritter”). In Polish łatka (“patch”) or placek, placki (“fritter, fritters”).