noun, feminine/pɔm də tɛʁ/plural: pommes de terre
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
Synonyms: patate, PDT
Related: pomme de terre rissolée
Literally, “apple of [the] earth”. The word pomme used to mean "fruit" in Old French. The French construction originated, as calques, Dutch aardappel, Icelandic jarðepli, Persian سیبزمینی (sib-zamini), Modern Hebrew תפוח אדמה (tapúakh adamá), the rare English earthapple, German Erdapfel, etc.