latke [laht-kuh] (previously 12-19-14)
noun, Jewish Cookery.
1. a pancake, especially one made of grated potato.
Origin: 1925–30; < Yiddish < East Slavic; compare Byelorussian (g)latka, dial. form of aladka kind of pancake, Old Russian oladǐya (Russian oládʾya), probably
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<b>Latke</b> <i>(noun)
latke [laht-kuh]</i> <i>(previously 12-19-14)</i>
<b>noun</b>, <i>Jewish Cookery</i>.
1. a pancake, especially one made of grated potato.
<b>Origin:</b> 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 élaionoil
<b>EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB FOR LATKE</b>
Perhaps the most Jewish part of the 6th Annual Latke Festival was that the food went way faster than the liquor.
<b><i>I ATE POTATO PANCAKES TIL I PLOTZED|EMILY SHIRE|DECEMBER 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST</i></b>
Yet, there was something quite fitting about how un-Jewish the Latke Festival was.
<i><b>I ATE POTATO PANCAKES TIL I PLOTZED|EMILY SHIRE|DECEMBER 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST</b></i>
She came to the Latke Festival because she loved any dish so based around the potato.
<b><i>I ATE POTATO PANCAKES TIL I PLOTZED|EMILY SHIRE|DECEMBER 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST</i></b>
Veselka layered its latke with pork goulash, and Toloache added beef short rib chorizo.
<i><b>I ATE POTATO PANCAKES TIL I PLOTZED|EMILY SHIRE|DECEMBER 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST</b></i>
Now <b>YOU</b> come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.
latke [laht-kuh]</i> <i>(previously 12-19-14)</i>
<b>noun</b>, <i>Jewish Cookery</i>.
1. a pancake, especially one made of grated potato.
<b>Origin:</b> 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 élaionoil
<b>EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB FOR LATKE</b>
Perhaps the most Jewish part of the 6th Annual Latke Festival was that the food went way faster than the liquor.
<b><i>I ATE POTATO PANCAKES TIL I PLOTZED|EMILY SHIRE|DECEMBER 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST</i></b>
Yet, there was something quite fitting about how un-Jewish the Latke Festival was.
<i><b>I ATE POTATO PANCAKES TIL I PLOTZED|EMILY SHIRE|DECEMBER 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST</b></i>
She came to the Latke Festival because she loved any dish so based around the potato.
<b><i>I ATE POTATO PANCAKES TIL I PLOTZED|EMILY SHIRE|DECEMBER 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST</i></b>
Veselka layered its latke with pork goulash, and Toloache added beef short rib chorizo.
<i><b>I ATE POTATO PANCAKES TIL I PLOTZED|EMILY SHIRE|DECEMBER 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST</b></i>
Now <b>YOU</b> come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.