kartofel

== Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Kartoffel, from older Tartuffel or Tartüffel, from Italian tartufolo, diminutive of tartufo, from Medieval Latin *territūberum or Latin terrae tūber. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔfɛl Syllabification: kar‧to‧fel === Noun === kartofel m inan (diminutive kartofelek) (somewhat regional or dialectal, Kuyavia, Near Masovian, Łowicz) potato Synonyms: ziemniak, pyra (slang) nose Synonym: ogór (colloquial, sports) chip shot (an easy goal) Synonyms: babol, szmata ==== Usage notes ==== In the Near Masovian dialect, this term is preferred, and ziemniak is almost never used. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “kartofel”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “kartofel”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) Oskar Kolberg (1867), “pantówka”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 274 Zygmunt Wasilewski (1889), “kartofle”, in Jagodne: wieś w powiecie łukowskim, gminie Dąbie: zarys etnograficzny‎[3] (in Polish), Warsaw: M. Arct, page 241 Halina Świderska (1929), “kartofle”, in Dialekt Księstwa Łowickiego (in Polish), Warsaw, →ISBN, page 105