pomme de terre

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Meaning

potato (Solanum tuberosum)

Synonyms

airelle rouge

airelle à fruits rouges

murphy

solanum tuberosum

pomme-de-terre

Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɔm də tɛʁ/
Etymology

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.

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