tomato
See also: tomàto, tōmato, and tōm̧ato
English
A tomato
Alternative forms
- tomater (eye dialect)
- 'mater (Southern US, Appalachia, informal)
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl, from Proto-Nahuan *tomatl. Compare tomatillo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /təˈmɑː.toʊ/
- (UK) IPA(key): [tʰə̥ˈmɑːtʰəʊ]
Audio (UK) (file)
- (General Australian) IPA(key): [tʰə̥ˈmɐːtʰɐʉ]
Audio (AU) (file)
- (UK) IPA(key): [tʰə̥ˈmɑːtʰəʊ]
- IPA(key): /təˈmeɪ.toʊ/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): [tʰə̥ˈmeɪɾoʊ], [tʰə̥ˈmeɪɾə]
Audio (US) (file)
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): [tʰə̥ˈmeɪɾoʊ], [tʰə̥ˈmeɪɾə]
- (South Asia) IPA(key): /ʈoˈmæʈo/
- Rhymes: -ɑːtəʊ, -eɪtəʊ
Noun
tomato (countable and uncountable, plural tomatoes)
- A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
- The savory fruit of this plant, red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture and cooking.
- Synonyms: (informal) love apple, (obsolete) wolf's peach
- Meronym: lycopene
- 1990, JSG Trading Corp. v. Tray-Wrap, Inc., 917 F.2d 75 (2d Cir. 1990)
- In common parlance tomatoes are vegetables, as the Supreme Court observed long ago [see Nix v. Hedden 149 U.S. 304, 307, 13 S.Ct. 881, 882, 37 L.Ed. 745 (1893)], although botanically speaking they are actually a fruit. [26 Encyclopedia Americana 832 (Int'l. ed. 1981)]. Regardless of classification, people have been enjoying tomatoes for centuries; even Mr. Pickwick, as Dickens relates, ate his chops in "tomata" sauce.
- A shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato.
- tomato:
- (slang) A desirable-looking woman.
- Lookit the legs on that hot tomato!
- 2008, Denny Durbin, Lazy Enchiladas: Redefining Success: Tasty Lessons on Love, Life, & Relationships, Bodega Publishing, →ISBN, page 13:
- When she left the room, I asked Robert, “Who's the tomato?” “Marisa. She's from Mexico.” He had a telltale smile on his face.
- 2020, Libba Bray, The King of Crows, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, →ISBN:
- “Who's the tomato?” a cop said as Evie walked past. “Her? She's the stiff's niece,” another cop answered. Evie flinched to hear Will discussed like that. “You wanna clam up?” Malloy barked and the officers fell silent.
- (slang) A stupid act or person.
Hypernyms
- fruit, vegetable (see tomato § Fruit versus vegetable)
- berry
Derived terms
- beefsteak tomato (US)
- beef tomato (UK)
- canned tomatoes
- cherry tomato
- diced tomatoes
- grape tomato
- heirloom tomato
- italian plum tomato
- italian tomato
- plum tomato
- puréed tomatoes
- roma tomato
- strained tomatoes
- Tomato blistering mosaic tymovirus
- tomato can
- tomato juice
- tomato paste
- tomato purée
- tomato sauce
- tomato soup
- tomayto, tomahto
Related terms
- tomatillo
Descendants
- → Chichewa: tomato
- → Esperanto: tomato
- → Hawaiian: komako
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: टमाटर (ṭamāṭar)
- Urdu: ٹماٹر
- → Japanese: トマト (tomato)
- → Amis: tomato
- → Korean: 토마토 (tomato)
- → Maori: tōmato
- → Swahili: tomato
- Tok Pisin: tomato
- → Welsh: tomato
- → Yoruba: tòmátì
Translations
tomato plant
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fruit
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Verb
tomato (third-person singular simple present tomatos, present participle tomatoing, simple past and past participle tomatoed)
- (transitive, rare) to pelt with tomatoes
- (transitive, rare) to add tomatoes to (a dish)
Amis
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese トマト (tomato), from English tomato.
Noun
tomato
- tomato
References
- 2021, Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis (阿美語中部方言辭典) (in Mandarin Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples.
Chichewa
Etymology
Borrowed from English tomato.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toˈmá.to/
Noun
tomáto class 1a
- tomato
- Synonyms: phwetekere, matimati
Esperanto
Etymology
From Russian томат (tomat), German Tomate, English tomato, French tomate, all from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [toˈmato]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -ato
- Hyphenation: to‧ma‧to
Noun
tomato (accusative singular tomaton, plural tomatoj, accusative plural tomatojn)
- tomato (fruit)
- tomato plant (Solanum lycopersicum)
Derived terms
- tomata (“made of or related to tomatoes”, adjective)
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toˈmato/
- Rhymes: -ato
Noun
tomato (plural tomati)
- tomato
Japanese
Romanization
tomato
- Rōmaji transcription of トマト
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from English tomato.
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun
tomato (n class, plural tomato)
- tomato
- Synonym: nyanya
- 2021 December 16, “Wakenya wapata faraja mashambani baada ya corona kuwatimua mjini”, in BBC News Swahili:
- Alianza kilimo cha malenge, mtama, tomato na sukuma wiki - na sasa anauza bidhaa zake katika soko la nyumbani.
- He started cultivating pumpkin, millet, tomato and sukuma wiki - and now he sells his products in the domestic market.
Tok Pisin
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Etymology
From English tomato.
Noun
tomato
- tomato
- 1995, John Verhaar, Toward a reference grammar of Tok Pisin: an experiment in corpus linguistics, →ISBN, page 433:
- Mekim olsem pinis, orait tupela i planim taro na banana, na kumu, painap, kon, tomato, na kaukau tu.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from English tomato, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔˈmatɔ/
Noun
tomato m (plural tomatos)
- tomato
- Synonym: afal cariad
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| tomato | domato | nhomato | thomato |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tomato”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies