What’s the plural of “potato”?
The plural of potato is potatoes. Like the tomato, both have Spanish origin and end in –o. Likewise, both tomato and potato adheres to the regular plural noun rule in English by adding an -es/-s to denote a plural.
What are potatoes? Are potatoes a fruit or a vegetable?
Potato is defined in the dictionary as:
A round vegetable that grows underground and has white flesh with light brown, red, or pink skin, or the plant on which these grow: boiled/roasted/fried potatoes, mashed potato/mashed potatoes.
Nouns that end in –o
See the following nouns that end in –o and add -s/-es to show plurality:
| singular nouns ending in “-o” | plural “-es” / “-s” |
| tomato | tomatoes |
| buffalo | buffaloes or buffalos |
| potato | potatoes |
| hero | heroes |
| volcano | volcanos or volcanoes |
Potato and potatoes in sentences
| singular nouns ending in “-o” | plural “-es” / “-s” |
|---|---|
| She rinsed a potato and dropped it in the kettle. | Serve with small cubes of roast potatoes and a green salad. |
| We are settled in our couch potato ways. | Katie placed the mashed potatoes on the table and paused, as she gave an exasperated look. |
| She threw the potato into a pan and eyed Carmen reflectively. | Eat jacket or boiled potatoes rather than fried or roast. |
| He casually spooned a bite of potato salad into his mouth and swallowed it. | I put the potatoes in the oven to bake about ten minutes ago. |
| In Europe, potato starch is generally employed; in America, corn starch. | Eat jacket potatoes or boiled potatoes rather than fried or roasted. |
Origin of the word potato
From etymonline on potato:
1560s, “sweet potato,” from Spanish patata, from a Carib language of Haiti batata “sweet potato.” Sweet potatoes were first to be introduced to Europe; they were in cultivation in Spain by mid-16c.
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