Phrase guide

sweet potato

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈswiːt pəˈteɪ.təʊ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈswit pəˈteɪ.toʊ/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A tropical perennial American vine, Ipomoea batatas, having a fleshy tuber.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The tuber of this plant cooked as a vegetable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An ocarina.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ocarina

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wind instrument, wind

5

noun

Meaning 5

the edible tuberous root of the sweet potato vine which is grown widely in warm regions of the United States

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: root vegetable

Narrower terms: yam

6

noun

Meaning 6

pantropical vine widely cultivated in several varieties for its large sweet tuberous root with orange flesh

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sweet potato vine, Ipomoea batatas

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: morning glory

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

218 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَطَاطَا حُلْوَة (baṭāṭā ḥulwa) — vine
  • Assamese: মিঠাআলু (mithaalu) — vine
  • Central Bikol: kamote — vine
  • Catalan: batata — vine
  • Catalan: moniatera f moniato — vine
  • Chinese Cantonese: 番薯 — vine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 甘薯 (gānshǔ) — vine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 白薯 (báishǔ) — vine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紅薯 /红薯 (hóngshǔ) — vine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 番薯 (fānshǔ) — vine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 山芋 (shānyù) — vine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 番芋 (fānyù) — vine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 地瓜 (dìguā) — vine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紅苕 /红苕 (hóngsháo) — vine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 線苕 /线苕 (xiànsháo) — vine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 金薯 (jīnshǔ) — vine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 甜薯 (tiánshǔ) — vine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 朱薯 (zhūshǔ) — vine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 玉枕薯 (yùzhěnshǔ) — vine
  • Czech: povijnice batátová — vine
  • Danish: sød kartoffel — vine
  • Danish: sødkartoffel — vine
  • Danish: batat — vine
  • Dutch: zoete aardappel — vine
  • Esperanto: batato — vine
  • Esperanto: patato — vine
  • Esperanto: dolĉa terpomo — vine
  • Finnish: bataatti — vine
  • French: patate douce — vine
  • French: patate — vine
  • French: patate sucrée — vine
  • Galician: pataca doce — vine
  • German: Süßkartoffel — vine
  • German: Batate — vine
  • Greek: γλυκοπατάτα (glykopatáta) — vine
  • Hindi: शकरकंद (śakarkand) — vine
  • Hungarian: édesburgonya — vine
  • Italian: patata dolce — vine
  • Italian: patata americana — vine
  • Italian: batata — vine
  • Korean: 고구마 (goguma) — vine
  • Mirandese: patata-doce — vine
  • Polish: batat — vine
  • Polish: wilec ziemniaczany — vine
  • Portuguese: batata-doce — vine
  • Romanian: batat — vine
  • Spanish: batata — vine
  • Spanish: boniato — vine
  • Spanish: camote — vine
  • Tagalog: kamote — vine
  • Tamil: சர்க்கரைவள்ளிக்கிழங்கு (carkkaraivaḷḷikkiḻaṅku) — vine
  • Tamil: வற்றாளைக்கிழங்கு (vaṟṟāḷaikkiḻaṅku) — vine
  • Turkish: tatlı patates — vine
  • Arabic: بَطَاطَا حُلْوَة (baṭāṭā ḥulwa) — tuber
  • Arabic: بَطَاطَا (baṭāṭā) — tuber
  • Arabic: بَطَاطَة (baṭāṭa) — tuber
  • Arabic: بطاطة (baṭāṭa) — tuber
  • Arabic: بطاطا حلوة (bṭāṭa ḥluwwa, baṭāṭa ḥluwwa) — tuber
  • Armenian: բատատ (batat) — tuber
  • Armenian: քաղցր կարտոֆիլ (kʻaġcʻr kartofil) — tuber
  • Assamese: মিঠা আলু (mitha alu) — tuber
  • Atayal: ngahi — tuber
  • Aymara: apichu — tuber
  • Basque: patata gozoa — tuber
  • Belarusian: бата́т (batát) — tuber
  • Belarusian: сало́дкая бу́льба (salódkaja búlʹba) — tuber
  • Bengali: মিষ্টি আলু (miśṭi alu) — tuber
  • Central Bikol: kamote — tuber
  • Bislama: kumala — tuber
  • Bouyei: sez — tuber
  • Bouyei: legsez — tuber
  • Bulgarian: сла́дък карто́ф (sládǎk kartóf) — tuber
  • Bulgarian: бата́т (batát) — tuber
  • Burmese: ကန်စွန်းဥ (kancwan:u.) — tuber
  • Catalan: batata — tuber
  • Catalan: moniato — tuber
  • Cherokee: ᏄᎾ ᎤᏂᎦᎾᏍᏓ (nuna uniganasda) — tuber
  • Cheyenne: ho'enoo'o — tuber
  • Chinese Cantonese: 番薯 — tuber
  • Chinese: han-chî — tuber
  • Chinese Mandarin: 甘薯 (gānshǔ) — tuber
  • Chinese Mandarin: 白薯 (báishǔ) — tuber
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紅薯 /红薯 (hóngshǔ) — tuber
  • Chinese Mandarin: 番薯 (fānshǔ) — tuber
  • Chinese Mandarin: 山芋 (shānyù) — tuber
  • Chinese Mandarin: 番芋 (fānyù) — tuber
  • Chinese Mandarin: 地瓜 (dìguā) — tuber
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紅苕 /红苕 (hóngsháo) — tuber
  • Chinese Mandarin: 線苕 /线苕 (xiànsháo) — tuber
  • Chinese Mandarin: 金薯 (jīnshǔ) — tuber
  • Chinese Mandarin: 甜薯 (tiánshǔ) — tuber
  • Chinese Mandarin: 朱薯 (zhūshǔ) — tuber
  • Chinese Mandarin: 玉枕薯 (yùzhěnshǔ) — tuber
  • Czech: sladká brambora — tuber
  • Czech: batát — tuber
  • Danish: sød kartoffel — tuber
  • Danish: sødkartoffel — tuber
  • Danish: batat — tuber
  • Central Dusun: woi — tuber
  • Dutch: zoete aardappel — tuber
  • Dutch: bataat — tuber
  • East Frisian Low German: söyttuffel — tuber
  • Esperanto: batato — tuber
  • Estonian: bataat — tuber
  • Faroese: søtur epli — tuber
  • Fijian: kumala — tuber
  • Finnish: bataatti — tuber
  • French: patate douce — tuber
  • French: patate — tuber
  • French: patate sucrée — tuber
  • Galician: pataca doce — tuber
  • Georgian: ბატატი (baṭaṭi) — tuber
  • Georgian: ტკბილი კარტოფილი (ṭḳbili ḳarṭopili) — tuber
  • German: Süßkartoffel — tuber
  • Greek: γλυκοπατάτα (glykopatáta) — tuber
  • Mbya Guarani: jety — tuber
  • Gujarati: શકરિયું (śakriyũ) — tuber
  • Haitian Creole: patat — tuber
  • Hawaiian: ʻuala — tuber
  • Hebrew: בָּטָטָה (batáta) — tuber
  • Hindi: शकरकन्द (śakarkand) — tuber
  • Hungarian: édesburgonya — tuber
  • Icelandic: sætar kartöflur — tuber
  • Ido: patato — tuber
  • Ilocano: kamote — tuber
  • Indonesian: ubi jalar — tuber
  • Indonesian: keledek — tuber
  • Irish: práta milis — tuber
  • Irish: práta Spáinneach — tuber
  • Italian: patata dolce — tuber
  • Italian: patata americana — tuber
  • Italian: batata — tuber
  • Ivatan: wakay — tuber
  • Japanese: 薩摩芋 (satsumaimo) — tuber
  • Japanese: サツマイモ (satsumaimo) — tuber
  • Japanese: 甘藷 (kansho) — tuber
  • Jeju: 감저 (gamjeo) — tuber
  • Jingpho: naisam — tuber
  • Kapampangan: kamuti — tuber
  • Kavalan: qawpiR — tuber
  • Kazakh: батат (batat) — tuber
  • Khmer: ដំឡូងជ្វា (dɑmloung cviə) — tuber
  • Korean: 고구마 (goguma) — tuber
  • Kyrgyz: батат (batat) — tuber
  • Lao: ມັນເທດ (man thēt) — tuber
  • Lao: ມັນດ້າງ (man dāng) — tuber
  • Latvian: batāte — tuber
  • Lithuanian: batatas — tuber
  • Macedonian: сладок компир (sladok kompir) — tuber
  • Malagasy: vomanga — tuber
  • Malay: ubi keledek — tuber
  • Malay: keledek — tuber
  • Malayalam: മധുരക്കിഴങ്ങ് (madhurakkiḻaṅṅŭ) — tuber
  • Maltese: patata ħelwa — tuber
  • Manchu: ᠯᠠᡵᡥᡡᠨ (larhūn) — tuber
  • Māori: kūmara — tuber
  • Māori: kūmera — tuber
  • Mirandese: patata-doce — tuber
  • Mongolian: амтат тѳмс (amtat töms) — tuber
  • Tagal Murut: pallavan — tuber
  • Nahuatl: camohtli — tuber
  • Navajo: nahooyéí — tuber
  • Navajo: nímasii łikaní — tuber
  • Navajo: nímasii dinilkanígíí — tuber
  • Nii: aka — tuber
  • Norwegian Bokmål: søtpotet — tuber
  • Okinawan: 唐芋 (tō'nmu) — tuber
  • Persian: سیبزمینی شیرین (sib-zamini-ye širin) — tuber
  • Polish: batat — tuber
  • Portuguese: batata-doce — tuber
  • Punjabi: ਸ਼ਕਰਕੰਦੀ (śakrakandī) — tuber
  • Quechua: kumar — tuber
  • Quechua: apichu (Cuzco-Collao) — tuber
  • Rapa Nui: kuma porá — tuber
  • Romanian: batat — tuber
  • Russian: бата́т (batát) — tuber
  • Russian: сла́дкий карто́фель (sládkij kartófelʹ) — tuber
  • Russian: сла́дкая карто́шка (sládkaja kartóška) — tuber
  • Rwanda-Rundi: ikijumba — tuber
  • Saisiyat: 'aewpir — tuber
  • Sebop: uvi' jup — tuber
  • Serbo-Croatian: батат — tuber
  • Serbo-Croatian: batat — tuber
  • Shan: ႁူဝ်မၼ်းလႅင် (hǒ mán lěng) — tuber
  • Sinhalese: බතල (batala) — tuber
  • Slovak: povojník batátový — tuber
  • Slovene: batata — tuber
  • Southeast Ijo: kukunduku — tuber
  • Spanish: batata — tuber
  • Spanish: boniato — tuber
  • Spanish: camote — tuber
  • Spanish: apichu — tuber
  • Spanish: chaco — tuber
  • Swahili: kiazi kitamu — tuber
  • Swedish: sötpotatis — tuber
  • Swedish: batat — tuber
  • Tagalog: kamote — tuber
  • Tamil: சர்க்கரைவள்ளிக்கிழங்கு (carkkaraivaḷḷikkiḻaṅku) — tuber
  • Tamil: வற்றாளைக்கிழங்கு (vaṟṟāḷaikkiḻaṅku) — tuber
  • Tày: mằn bủng — tuber
  • Telugu: చిలగడదుంప (cilagaḍadumpa) — tuber
  • Tetum: uhi — tuber
  • Thai: มันเทศ (man-têet) — tuber
  • Tibetan: གྲོ་མ (gro ma) — tuber
  • Tongan: kumala — tuber
  • Turkish: tatlı patates — tuber
  • Ukrainian: бата́т (batát) — tuber
  • Ukrainian: соло́дка карто́пля (solódka kartóplja) — tuber
  • Urapmin: wan — tuber
  • Urdu: شکرقندی (śakarqandi) — tuber
  • Uzbek: batat — tuber
  • Vietnamese: khoai lang — tuber
  • Wapishana: kaazuu — tuber
  • Welsh: tatws melys — tuber
  • Winnebago: toosgu — tuber
  • Wolof: pataas — tuber
  • Yoruba: ànàmọ́ — tuber
  • Yoruba: kúkúndùkú — tuber