tater

See also: tatér, tâter, and Täter

English

Alternative forms

• tader

Etymology

Representing an aphetic pronunciation of potato. Compare patater (“potato”) and 'mater (“tomato”).

Pronunciation

• (British) IPA^(key): /ˈteɪtə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) enPR: tāʹtər, IPA^(key): /ˈteɪtɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

tater (plural taters)

1. (British, US, informal) A potato.

   We ate them taters up real good.

2. (US, baseball, slang) A home run

Derived terms

• later, tater
• so help me tater
• taters
• tater tot

See also

• patater

Anagrams

• Ratte, Treat, atter, ratte, teart, tetra, tetra-, treat

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

tater m (definite singular tateren, indefinite plural tatere, definite plural taterne)

1. (sometimes offensive) a Scandoromani person, a Traveller Norwegian (a kind of Norwegian Gypsies)

Synonyms

• fant (more offensive)
• tavring
• reisende (non-offensive)

References

• “tater” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “tater” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Probably related to the etnonym of Tatars or Tartary. Compare Swedish tattare.

Noun

tater m (definite singular tateren, indefinite plural taterar, definite plural taterane)

1. (sometimes offensive) a Scandoromani person, a Traveller Norwegian (a kind of Norwegian Gypsies)

Synonyms

• fant (more offensive)
• tavring
• reisande (non-offensive)

References

• “tater” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “tater”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016