Definitions
made of grated potato and egg with a little flour
Word origin
Borrowed from Yiddish לאַטקע (latke), from either Russian ла́тка (látka, “pastry, patch”) or Ukrainian оладка (oladka, “pancake, fritter”). In Polish łatka (“patch”) or placek, placki (“fritter, fritters”).
Used in a sentence
“Her favorite Chanukah memories were of eating latkes and sour cream while her mother gossiped with the aunts and cousins.”
“We do not spend our days huddled in smoke-filled rooms plotting world domination while Jared Kushner plays dreidel in the back with Noam Chomsky and George Soros sneaks the last latke.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Hanukkah pancake”5 letters
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