French Conversation · Level 19
89 words
French word
patate
Pronunciation
IPA/patat/
Meaning
- feminine nounpotato
Example
Il y a des patates dans le frigo.
There are potatoes in the fridge.
More examples
Avant de les cuire, il faut éplucher des patates.
Before cooking them, you must peel some potatoes.
Core concept
A soil-grown edible tuber, pictured whole with its rough skin before cooking.
Common phrases
éplucher des patates
peel some potatoes
faire cuire des patates
cook some potatoes
Similar words
pomme de terre: The standard food term for a potato, used in recipes and descriptions.
Definition in French
Tubercule comestible de Solanum tuberosum; terme familier désignant la pomme de terre.
Word origin
The French noun patate comes from Spanish patata, a form shaped by contact with batata, a Taíno-derived name for a similar tuber.
Usage tips
- In everyday French, patate is more informal than pomme de terre, which is preferred in formal descriptions.