latke

noun

lat·​ke ˈlät-kə 

: potato pancake

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

Along with noodle kugel and potato latkes, there are appetizing cases selling spreads and salads by the half-pound (including hummus, macaroni, Greek orzo, chicken and tuna), plus 14 fresh-baked bagel flavors, bialys and flagels (aka flat bagels). —Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2023

Try making latkes at home with these easy recipes. —Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023

And a beet latke? —Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Dec. 2022

Today, latkes are often made of potatoes (either shredded or pureed) and fried in oil, a riff on Ukrainian kartoflani platske. —Grace Linden, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2023

Is there a latke-making competition? —Dan Snierson, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2022

Groceries; invitations; Google best potatoes for mashing; Great Aunt Shirley's lactose intolerance; presents list; holiday decorations; Google best potatoes for latke frying; more invitations; more groceries; find tablecloth; purchase larger dress clothes for kids; and so on and so on. —Elissa Strauss, CNN, 23 Nov. 2021

Has the median American Jew — Ashkenazic, native-born, lightly religious — become a white person who knows a potato pancake is called a latke? —New York Times, 2 Nov. 2021

Walking in a winter wonderland with you. Love you a latke. —Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 25 Jan. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Yiddish, pancake, from Ukrainian oladka

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined above