Phrase guide

potato salad

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A salad made from chopped boiled potatoes and a variety of other ingredients in a dressing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

any of various salads having chopped potatoes as the base

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: salad

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Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: aartappelslaai — salad made from chopped boiled potatoes
  • Bulgarian: карто́фена сала́та (kartófena saláta) — salad made from chopped boiled potatoes
  • Catalan: amanida de patata — salad made from chopped boiled potatoes
  • Chinese Cantonese: 薯仔沙律 — salad made from chopped boiled potatoes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 馬鈴薯沙拉 /马铃薯沙拉 (mǎlíngshǔ shālā) — salad made from chopped boiled potatoes
  • Dutch: aardappelsalade — salad made from chopped boiled potatoes
  • Esperanto: terpomsalato — salad made from chopped boiled potatoes
  • Finnish: perunasalaatti — salad made from chopped boiled potatoes
  • French: salade de pommes de terre — salad made from chopped boiled potatoes
  • German: Erdäpfelsalat — salad made from chopped boiled potatoes
  • German: Kartoffelsalat — salad made from chopped boiled potatoes
  • Central Franconian: Ääpelschlot — salad made from chopped boiled potatoes
  • Greek: πατατοσαλάτα (patatosaláta) — salad made from chopped boiled potatoes
  • Italian: insalata di patate — salad made from chopped boiled potatoes
  • Japanese: ポテトサラダ — salad made from chopped boiled potatoes
  • Japanese: ポテト・サラダ (poteto sarada) — salad made from chopped boiled potatoes
  • Japanese: ポテサラ (potesara) — salad made from chopped boiled potatoes
  • Mongolian: нийслэл салат (niislel salat) — salad made from chopped boiled potatoes
  • Polish: sałatka ziemniaczana — salad made from chopped boiled potatoes
  • Portuguese: salada de batata — salad made from chopped boiled potatoes
  • Russian: карто́фельный сала́т (kartófelʹnyj salát) — salad made from chopped boiled potatoes
  • Slovene: krompīrjeva solāta — salad made from chopped boiled potatoes
  • Spanish: ensalada de patatas — salad made from chopped boiled potatoes
  • Swedish: potatissallad — salad made from chopped boiled potatoes
  • Turkish: patates salatası — salad made from chopped boiled potatoes
  • Ukrainian: картопля́ний сала́т (kartopljányj salát) — salad made from chopped boiled potatoes
  • Urdu: آلو کا سلاد — salad made from chopped boiled potatoes