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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Kartoffel.[1][2] The forms ending in -a are mediated by Polish kartofel.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
карто́фель • (kartófelʹ) m inan (genitive карто́феля, uncountable, relational adjective карто́фельный, diminutive карто́шка or карто́шечка)
- (uncountable, collectively) potatoes
- молодо́й карто́фель ― molodój kartófelʹ ― new potatoes
- карто́фель фри ― kartófelʹ fri ― French fries / chips
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “картофель”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “картофель”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 383