tater

== English == === Alternative forms === tader === Etymology === Representing an aphetic pronunciation of potato. Compare patater (“potato”), 'mater (“tomato”), and 'naner (“banana”). === Pronunciation === (British) IPA(key): /ˈteɪtə/ (US) enPR: tāʹtər, IPA(key): /ˈteɪtɚ/ Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ) === Noun === tater (plural taters) (informal) A potato. (US, baseball, slang) A home run. ==== Derived terms ==== === 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) (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) (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