latke
pronunciation
How to pronounce latke in British English:
UK ['lɑ:tkə]
How to pronounce latke in American English:
US ['lɑtkə]
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- Noun:
- made of grated potato and egg with a little flour
Word Origin
- latke (n.)
- "pancake made with grated potatoes," 1927, from Yiddish, from Russian latka "pastry," said to mean literally "a patch," but by Watkins traced to Greek elaia "olive."
Example
- 1. Smoked salmon cream cheese and salmon caviar spoon the cream cheese over the latke , topping with beads of salmon caviar .
- 2. Go make me a latke , dreidel boy . Abrams , look me up on the board .
- 3. I was enjoying a latke and a bottle of canadian beer when one of my uncles cornered me , demanding to know why I had published intimate details of my sex life on nerve .