tattie cake

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots tattie cake, from tattie (“potato”)[1] + cake (“cake”).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

tattie cake (plural tattie cakes)

  1. (Scotland) Synonym of tattie scone

Alternative forms

References
  1. “tattie, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
  2. “cake, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.

Further reading

Scots

Etymology

From tattie (“potato”) +‎ cake (“cake”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌtɑ(ː)te ˈkeːk/
  • Rhymes: -eːk
  • Hyphenation: tat‧tie cake

Noun

tattie cake (plural tattie cakes)

  1. Synonym of tattie scone

Alternative forms

References
  1. “tattie, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
  2. “cake, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.

Further reading
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