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- US Pronunciation
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- [laht-kuh]
- /ˈlɑt kə/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [laht-kuh]
- /ˈlɑt kə/
Definitions of latke word
- noun latke a pancake, especially one made of grated potato. 1
- noun latke (in Jewish cooking) a pancake, especially one made with grated potato. 1
- noun latke (in Jewish cookery) a fried potato pancake 0
- noun latke a pancake, often, specif., one made of grated raw potatoes 0
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Origin of latke
First appearance:
before 1925 One of the 11% newest English words
1925-30; < Yiddish < East Slavic; compare Byelorussian (g)latka, dial. form of aladka kind of pancake, Old Russian oladǐya (Russian oládʾya), probably < Greek elá(i)dion, derivative of élaion oil
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Latke
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
latke popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
latke usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with latke
- what is a latke?
- the latke who couldn't stop screaming?
- what is latke?
- how to make latke?
- how to make a latke?
- latke who couldn't stop screaming?