potatoとは

意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• potatoe (廃れた用法)
• p’tater (dialectal)

語源

Borrowed from Spanish patata, itself borrowed from Taíno batata.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /pəˈteɪ.təʊ/, [pə̥ˈtʰeɪtʰəʊ]
• (General American) enPR: pə-tāʹtō, IPA^(key): /pəˈteɪ.toʊ/, [pə̥ˈtʰeɪɾoʊ], [pə̥ˈtʰeɪɾə]
• 韻: -eɪtəʊ

名詞

potato (複数形 potatoes)

1. The tuber of a plant, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe; this plant.
   • 2017, Anthony J. McMichael, Alistair Woodward, Cameron Muir, Climate Change and the Health of Nations, →ISBN, page 213:

     Potatoes were introduced to Ireland in 1590 after being brought to Europe by Spanish conquistadores from their place of origin in the South American Andes.

2. (informal, Britain) A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking
3. Used as a metaphor for a person or thing of little value.
   • 1757, [Tobias George Smollett], The Reprisal: Or, The Tars of Old England. […], London: […] R[oberts] Baldwin, […], OCLC 219939191, Act I, scene ii, page 8:

     I don't value Monſieur de Champignon a rotten potatoe;

   1. (slang, offensive) A mentally handicapped person.
   2. (humorous) A camera that takes poor-quality pictures.
   3. (humorous, slang, computing) An underpowered computer or other device, especially when small in size.
      • 2017 March 17, Steven Messner, “Overwatch community donates PC parts to fan who could barely run it at 800x600”, in PC Gamer‎^[1]:

        When most people refer to their computers as a potato they're being hyperbolic, but not Ethan. He plays Overwatch at 800x600 resolution with all settings on low and is excited when he gets 30 fps.

      • 2019 September 22, Benjamin Burns, “Meet the people making music with Mega Drives, Game Boys and gAtaris”, in Eurogamer‎^[2]:

        If you want to have a go right now, then Famitracker will let you compose songs for the NES and it'll run on a Windows-operated potato.

同意語

• (plant): p'tater (dialectal), spud (スラング), tater (Britain, 米国用法, くだけた用法), tatie (Scotland, Cumbria, 方言), tator (eye 方言)
• (vegetable): earthapple (まれに), murphy, bog orange (廃れた用法 スラング), Irish fruit (廃れた用法 スラング)

派生語

アナグラム

• patoot, topato

Latin

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /poːˈtaː.toː/, [poːˈt̪aː.t̪oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /poˈta.to/, [pɔˈt̪aː.t̪ɔ]

動詞

pōtātō

1. second-person singular future active imperative of pōtō
2. third-person singular future active imperative of pōtō

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