pomme de terre
French edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pomme de terre f (plural pommes de terre)
Derived terms edit
- pomme de terre rissolée (“home fries”)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “pomme de terre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.