tomaat

tomaat

Dutch

Tomaten. — Tomatoes.

Etymology

Borrowed from English tomato, subsequently influenced by French tomate, both from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl (“tomatillo”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːˈmaːt/

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• Hyphenation: to‧maat
• Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

tomaat f (plural tomaten, diminutive tomaatje n)

1. tomato, fruit of Solanum lycopersicum
2. tomato plant, Solanum lycopersicum

   Synonym: tomatenplant

Hyponyms

• cherrytomaat
• kerstomaat
• vleestomaat
• waterbom

Derived terms

• cherrytomaat
• kerstomaat
• tomatenplant
• tomatenpuree
• tomatensap
• tomatensaus
• tomatensoep
• vleestomaat

Descendants

• Afrikaans: tamatie
  • → Sotho: tamati
  • → Zulu: utamatisi
• → Caribbean Hindustani: tamáti
• → Caribbean Javanese: tomatis, tomat
• → Indonesian: tomat
• → Sranan Tongo: tomati
  • → Aukan: tomati
  • → Galibi Carib: tomati
• → West Frisian: tomaat

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West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch tomaat, from English tomato, though the Dutch was subsequently influenced by French tomate, both from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl (“tomatillo”).

Noun

tomaat c (plural tomaten, diminutive tomaatsje)

1. tomato

Further reading

• “tomaat”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011