tomaat
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English tomato, subsequently influenced by French tomate, both from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl (“tomatillo”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tomaat f (plural tomaten, diminutive tomaatje n)
- tomato, fruit of Solanum lycopersicum
- tomato plant, Solanum lycopersicum
- Synonym: tomatenplant
- Hypernym: nachtschade
- Hyponyms: cherrytomaat, kerstomaat, vleestomaat, waterbom
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: tamatie
- → Caribbean Hindustani: tamáti
- → Caribbean Javanese: tomatis, tomat
- → Indonesian: tomat
- → Sranan Tongo: tomati
- → West Frisian: tomaat
Further reading edit
- tomaat on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
tomaat c (plural tomaten, diminutive tomaatsje)
Further reading edit
- “tomaat”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011