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latke — pancake made with grated potatoes, 1927, from Yiddish, from Rus. latka pastry, said to mean lit. a patch, but by Watkins traced to Gk. elaia olive … Etymology dictionary
latke — [lät′kə] n. [Yiddish < Russ latka, a patch] a pancake, often, specif., one made of grated raw potatoes … English World dictionary
latke — UK [ˈlætkə] / US [ˈlɑtkə] noun [countable] Word forms latke : singular latke plural latkes a traditional Jewish pancake made with potatoes … English dictionary
Latke — Galette de pommes de terre Latkes en train de frire. Ceux ci ont été faits à partir de pommes de terre pelées dans la longueur. La galette de pommes de terre est une préparation culinaire à base de copeaux de pommes de terre, d œufs et de copeaux … Wikipédia en Français
Latke-Hamantash Debate — The Latke Hamantash Debate is a humorous academic debate about the relative merits and meanings of these two items of Jewish cuisine. The debate originated at the University of Chicago in 1946 [ [http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0512/features/puns.sht… … Wikipedia
latke — noun Etymology: Yiddish, pancake, from Ukrainian oladka Date: 1927 potato pancake … New Collegiate Dictionary
latke — /laht keuh/, n. Jewish Cookery. a pancake, esp. one made of grated potato. [1925 30; < Yiddish < East Slavic; cf. Byelorussian (g)latka, dial. form of aladka kind of pancake, ORuss oladiya (Russ olád ya), prob. < Gk elá(i)dion, deriv. of élaion… … Universalium
latke — lat|ke [ latkə ] noun count a traditional Jewish PANCAKE made with potatoes … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
latke — [ lʌtkə] noun (in Jewish cookery) a pancake, especially one made with grated potato. Origin from Yiddish … English new terms dictionary
latke — noun (C) a Jewish food like a round flat pancake made from raw potato … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
