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potato starch

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A widely diffused vegetable substance found in the extracted material of potatoes used in cooking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

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21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 太白粉 (tàibáifěn) — vegetable substance found in the extracted material of potatoes
  • Danish: kartoffelmel — vegetable substance found in the extracted material of potatoes
  • Dutch: aardappelzetmeel — vegetable substance found in the extracted material of potatoes
  • Finnish: perunajauho — vegetable substance found in the extracted material of potatoes
  • French: fécule de pomme de terre — vegetable substance found in the extracted material of potatoes
  • German: Kartoffelstärke — vegetable substance found in the extracted material of potatoes
  • Irish: stailc phrátaí — vegetable substance found in the extracted material of potatoes
  • Japanese: 片栗粉 (katakuriko) — vegetable substance found in the extracted material of potatoes
  • Norwegian Bokmål: potetmel — vegetable substance found in the extracted material of potatoes
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: potetmjøl — vegetable substance found in the extracted material of potatoes
  • Polish: mąka ziemniaczana — vegetable substance found in the extracted material of potatoes
  • Russian: картофельный крахмал (kartofelʹnyj kraxmal) — vegetable substance found in the extracted material of potatoes
  • Slovak: zemiakový škrob — vegetable substance found in the extracted material of potatoes
  • Spanish: chuño — vegetable substance found in the extracted material of potatoes
  • Spanish: almidón de patata — vegetable substance found in the extracted material of potatoes
  • Spanish: harina de patata — vegetable substance found in the extracted material of potatoes
  • Spanish: fécula de patata — vegetable substance found in the extracted material of potatoes
  • Spanish: puti — vegetable substance found in the extracted material of potatoes
  • Swedish: potatismjöl — vegetable substance found in the extracted material of potatoes
  • Turkish: patates nişastası — vegetable substance found in the extracted material of potatoes
  • Ukrainian: картопля́ний крохма́ль (kartopljányj kroxmálʹ) — vegetable substance found in the extracted material of potatoes