Phrase guide

potato pancake

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A shallow-fried pancake of grated potato and egg, often flavored with grated onion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

made of grated potato and egg with a little flour

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: latke

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pancake, battercake, flannel cake, flannel-cake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hotcake, hot cake

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Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَطَاطِس مَنْفُوخَة (baṭāṭis manfūḵa) — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Belarusian: дра́нік (dránik) — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Belarusian: драчо́нік (dračónik) — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Belarusian: бульбя́нік (bulʹbjánik) — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Chinese Cantonese: 薯餅 /薯饼 (syu4 bing2) — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Chinese Mandarin: 薯餅 /薯饼 (shǔbǐng) — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Czech: bramborák — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Czech: bramborová placka — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Czech: cmunda — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Finnish: perunapihvi — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Finnish: perunafritteri — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Finnish: perunarösti — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • French: crêpe de pommes de terre — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • French: galette de pommes de terre — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • French: pommes de terre rissolées — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • French: patates rissolées — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • German: Kartoffelpuffer — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • German: Reibekuchen — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • German: Reibeplätzchen — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • German: Rösti — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • German: Pickert — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Greek: ξεροτηγανίδια (xerotiganídia) — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Hebrew: לְבִיבָה (levivá) — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Hungarian: tócsni — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Hungarian: lepcsánka — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Hungarian: lapcsánka — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Hungarian: mackó — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Hungarian: röszti — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Italian: patatine fritte — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Japanese: ポテトパンケーキ (potetopan kēki) — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Korean: 해시 브라운 (haesi beuraun) — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Māori: rīwai kōnatunatu — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Polish: placek ziemniaczany — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Polish: placek kartoflany — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Russian: дра́ник (dránik) — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Russian: деру́н (derún) — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Russian: карто́фельная ола́дья (kartófelʹnaja oládʹja) — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Slovak: zemiaková placka — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Slovak: haruľa — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Spanish: hamburguesa patatera — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Spanish: croqueta papera — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Swedish: råraka — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Swedish: raggmunk — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Swedish: potatisplätt — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Ukrainian: деру́н (derún) — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Ukrainian: картопля́ник (kartopljányk) — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Ukrainian: тертю́х (tertjúx) — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Ukrainian: кре́мзлик (krémzlyk) — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Ukrainian: ки́злик (kýzlyk) — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Ukrainian: картопля́ний пля́цок (kartopljányj pljácok) — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Yiddish: קאַרטאָפֿל־לאַטקע (kartofl-latke) — potato pancake — see also hash browns
  • Yiddish: לאַטקע (latke) — potato pancake — see also hash browns