Английский Этимологический словарь - potato
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Potato
potato
- 1565, from Sp. patata, from Carib (Haiti) batata "sweet potato." Sweet potatoes were first to be introduced to Europe; in cultivation in Spain by mid-16c.; in Virginia by 1648. Early 16c. Port. traders carried the crop to all their shipping ports and the sweet potato was quickly adopted from Africa to India and Java. The name was later extended to the common white potato, from Peru, which was at first (mistakenly) called Virginia potato. Spaniard invaders in Peru began to use white potatoes as cheap food for sailors 1536. The first potato from South America reached Pope Paul III in 1540; it was taken to France and grown as an ornamental plant. According to popular tradition, introduced to Ireland 1565 by John Hawkins. Brought to England from Colombia by Sir Thomas Herriot, 1586. Ger. kartoffel is from It. tartufolo "truffle." Frederick II forced its cultivation on Prussian peasants in 1743. The Fr. is pomme de terre "earth-apple;" a Swed. dialectal word for "potato" is jordpдron, lit. "earth-pear." To drop (something) like a hot potato is from 1846. Children's counting-out rhyme that begins "one potato, two potato," first recorded 1885 in Canada.
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~ n plural potatoes 1 a round white vegetable with a brown skin, that grows as a root (mashed potato | roast potatoes) 2 a plant that has potatoes growing at its roots (- see also sweet potato) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(potatoes) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Potatoes are quite round vegetables with brown or red skins and white insides. They grow under the ground. N-VAR see also sweet potato 2. You can refer to a difficult subject that people disagree on as a hot potato. ...a political hot potato such as abortion. PHRASE: N inflects ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun (plural -toes) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Spanish batata, from Taino Date: 1565 1. sweet ~ 2. a. an erect South American herb (Solanum tuberosum) of the nightshade family widely cultivated for its edible starchy tuber b. the tuber of a ~ — called also Irish ~, spud, white ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. -oes) 1 a starchy plant tuber that is cooked and used for food. 2 the plant, Solanum tuberosum, bearing this. 3 colloq. a hole in (esp. the heel of) a sock or stocking. Phrases and idioms potato chip = CHIP n. 3. potato crisp Brit. = CRISP n. 1. Etymology: Sp. patata var. of Taino batata ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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картофель, картофельный crane-type potato loader — загрузчик картофеля кранового типа - potato combine - potato loader ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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картофель (Solanum tuberosum) – air potato – aquatic potato – Canada potato – Chinese potato – Dakotah potato – duck potato – Hausa potato – hog potato – Indian potato – Jerusalem potato – Kafir potato – nettle potato – pig potato – prickly potato – sweet potato – wild potato ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. бот. картофель (Solanum tuberosum) potato haulm (foliage, vine) —- картофельная ботва potato clamp (pit) —- картофельный бурт 2. картофелина 3. картофель mashed potatoes —- картофельное пюре new potatoes —- молодой картофель to dig out —- (или up, to lift) potatoes выкапывать (копать) картофель 4. батат, сладкий картофель (Ipomoea batatas) 5. ам. голова 6. ам. сл. доллар 7. ам. профес. сл. мяч (особ. в бейсболе) Id: small potatoes —- ам. мелкота, мелкие людишки; пустяки Id: the (clean) potato, quite the potato —- как раз то (что надо) Id: potatoes and point —- картошка да вода - вот и вся еда Id: hot potato —- щекотливый вопрос Id: to drop smb. like a hot potato —- бросить кого-л.; (с)бежать от кого-л. как от чумы ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) картофель (растение) 2) картофелина; pl. картофель 3) attr. картофельный not (quite) the clean potato coll. - подозрительная личность, непорядочный человек - small potatoes - quite the potato ...Англо-русский словарь
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