"potet" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

Forms: poteten [definite, singular], poteter [indefinite, plural], potetene [definite, plural]
Etymology: From English potato, from Spanish patata, itself borrowed from Taíno batata. Etymology templates: {{der|nb|en|potato}} English potato, {{der|nb|es|patata}} Spanish patata, {{der|nb|tnq|batata}} Taíno batata Head templates: {{nb-noun-m1}} potet m (definite singular poteten, indefinite plural poteter, definite plural potetene)
  1. a potato (plant and vegetable) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-potet-nb-noun-PY4BsyzT Categories (other): Plants Disambiguation of Plants: 67 33
  2. (slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) whitey (A derogatory term used about ethnic Norwegians, mostly used by allochthone populations in Norway.) Tags: derogatory, ethnic, masculine, slang, slur
    Sense id: en-potet-nb-noun-3C~gBrQA Categories (other): Norwegian ethnic slurs, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Vegetables Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Vegetables: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nypotet, potetmos, potetplante, potetpure, potetpuré, potetstappe

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "potetmos"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "potetplante"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "potetpure"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "potetpuré"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "potetstappe"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "2": "es",
        "3": "patata"
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      "expansion": "Spanish patata",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "batata"
      },
      "expansion": "Taíno batata",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English potato, from Spanish patata, itself borrowed from Taíno batata.",
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    {
      "form": "poteten",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "poteter",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potetene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "potet m (definite singular poteten, indefinite plural poteter, definite plural potetene)",
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  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "_dis": "67 33",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "baked potato",
          "text": "bakt potet"
        },
        {
          "english": "a hot potato (an awkward matter)",
          "text": "en varm potet"
        }
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      "tags": [
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          "_dis": "43 57",
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        }
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        "whitey (A derogatory term used about ethnic Norwegians, mostly used by allochthone populations in Norway.)"
      ],
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        ],
        [
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      ]
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  "word": "potet"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
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    "nb:Vegetables"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "nypotet"
    },
    {
      "word": "potetmos"
    },
    {
      "word": "potetplante"
    },
    {
      "word": "potetpure"
    },
    {
      "word": "potetpuré"
    },
    {
      "word": "potetstappe"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "potato"
      },
      "expansion": "English potato",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "es",
        "3": "patata"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish patata",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
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        "3": "batata"
      },
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    {
      "form": "poteten",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "poteter",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "potetene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "potet m (definite singular poteten, indefinite plural poteter, definite plural potetene)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "english": "baked potato",
          "text": "bakt potet"
        },
        {
          "english": "a hot potato (an awkward matter)",
          "text": "en varm potet"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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      ]
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        "Norwegian slang"
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          "allochthone",
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        ]
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        "masculine",
        "slang",
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  "wikipedia": [
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  ],
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}

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