tomatillo
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish tomatillo, diminutive of tomate (“tomato”), ultimately from Classical Nahuatl tomatl.
Noun edit
tomatillo (plural tomatillos or tomatilloes)
- A plant of the nightshade family originating in Mexico, Physalis philadelphica, cultivated for its tomato-like green to green-purple fruit surrounded by a thin papery skin.
Translations edit
Physalis philadelphica
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Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tomatillo
Declension edit
Inflection of tomatillo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | tomatillo | tomatillot | ||
genitive | tomatillon | tomatillojen | ||
partitive | tomatilloa | tomatilloja | ||
illative | tomatilloon | tomatilloihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | tomatillo | tomatillot | ||
accusative | nom. | tomatillo | tomatillot | |
gen. | tomatillon | |||
genitive | tomatillon | tomatillojen | ||
partitive | tomatilloa | tomatilloja | ||
inessive | tomatillossa | tomatilloissa | ||
elative | tomatillosta | tomatilloista | ||
illative | tomatilloon | tomatilloihin | ||
adessive | tomatillolla | tomatilloilla | ||
ablative | tomatillolta | tomatilloilta | ||
allative | tomatillolle | tomatilloille | ||
essive | tomatillona | tomatilloina | ||
translative | tomatilloksi | tomatilloiksi | ||
abessive | tomatillotta | tomatilloitta | ||
instructive | — | tomatilloin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From tomate + -illo, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl.
Pronunciation edit
- Syllabification: to‧ma‧ti‧llo
Noun edit
tomatillo m (plural tomatillos)
- tomatillo (fruit vegetable)
- Diminutive of tomate
Further reading edit
- “tomatillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014