potatoes
ジャガイモ
解説 Definition
potatoes は potato（ジャガイモ）の複数形で、複数のジャガイモという意味です。料理や買い物の話でよく使われ、数えられる名詞として扱います。
Potatoes is the plural form of potato and refers to two or more edible underground tubers of the potato plant. They are treated as countable items when discussing quantities, shopping, or cooking.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 potato「ジャガイモ」の複数形です。語末が子音字＋o のこの語は、通常 -es を加えて potato → potatoes とし、発音は /pəˈteɪtoʊz/ になります。three potatoes のように数詞と使い、wash the potatoes、mashed potatoes など、買い物や調理の場面と結び付けて覚えましょう。
Start with the singular noun potato and form its plural by adding -es: potato becomes potatoes, pronounced /pəˈteɪtoʊz/. This spelling pattern is used by some nouns ending in a consonant plus o. Connect the form with quantities and kitchen actions: three potatoes, wash the potatoes, boil the potatoes, or mashed potatoes. A number greater than one requires the plural, while “one potato” remains singular. The final written ending is -oes, but the spoken ending sounds /z/ after the final vowel sound. Keeping a grocery or cooking scene in mind makes both the countable meaning and the spelling easier to recall.
例文
We need three potatoes for dinner.
夕食にはジャガイモが3個必要です。
She washed the potatoes before cooking.
彼女は料理する前にジャガイモを洗いました。
The potatoes in this soup are very soft.
このスープのジャガイモはとてもやわらかいです。
potatoes の類義語・関連語
potatoes の語源・成り立ち Etymology
potatoes は potato の複数形で、語源はスペイン語 patata にあります。これはタイノ語 batata「サツマイモ」と、ケチュア語 papa「ジャガイモ」がスペイン語で混ざった形とされ、『新大陸の芋』の名が英語に入った語です。関連語は potato、tomato です。
Potatoes is the regular plural form of potato, made with the ending -es. English potato came from Spanish patata. That Spanish form is generally understood as reflecting contact between Taíno batata, referring to the sweet potato, and Quechua papa, referring to the potato. The food and its name reached Europe from the Americas and then entered English. The plural spelling potatoes follows the established English pattern for this particular noun ending in consonant plus o.
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