"tater" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈteɪtə/ [British], /ˈteɪtɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tater.wav Forms: taters [plural]
enPR: tāʹtər [US] Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ) Etymology: Representing an aphetic pronunciation of potato. Compare patater (“potato”), 'mater (“tomato”), and 'naner (“banana”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} tater (plural taters)
  1. (British, US, informal) A potato. Tags: British, US, informal
    Sense id: en-tater-en-noun-oalm4Su2 Categories (other): American English, British English
  2. (US, baseball, slang) A home run. Tags: US, slang Categories (topical): Baseball Categories (lifeform): Potatoes
    Sense id: en-tater-en-noun-93IE8vDF Disambiguation of Potatoes: 30 70 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tader Derived forms: later, tater, so help me tater, so help my tater, taters, tater tot Related terms: patater

Noun [Norwegian Bokmål]

Forms: tateren [definite, singular], tatere [indefinite, plural], taterne [definite, plural]
  1. (sometimes offensive) a Scandoromani person, a Traveller Norwegian (a kind of Norwegian Gypsies) Tags: masculine, offensive, sometimes Synonyms: fant (english: more offensive), tavring, reisende (english: non-offensive)

Noun [Norwegian Nynorsk]

Forms: tateren [definite, singular], taterar [indefinite, plural], taterane [definite, plural]
Etymology: Probably related to the etnonym of Tatars or Tartary. Compare Swedish tattare. Etymology templates: {{cog|sv|tattare}} Swedish tattare
  1. (sometimes offensive) a Scandoromani person, a Traveller Norwegian (a kind of Norwegian Gypsies) Tags: masculine, offensive, sometimes Synonyms: fant (english: more offensive), tavring, reisande (english: non-offensive)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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