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tomato

See also: tomàto, tōmato, and tōm̧ato

English edit

 
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A tomato

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl, from Proto-Nahuan *tomatl. Compare tomatillo.

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tomato (countable and uncountable, plural tomatoes)

  1. A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
  2. 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.
  3. A shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato.
    tomato:  
  4. (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.
    • 2015 https://www.bustle.com/articles/116384-19-old-fashioned-compliments-we-should-bring-back 19 Old-Fashioned Compliments We Should Bring Back]
      That shirt makes you look like such a glorious tomato.
    • 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.
  5. (slang) A stupid act or person.

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tomato (third-person singular simple present tomatos, present participle tomatoing, simple past and past participle tomatoed)

  1. (transitive, rare) to pelt with tomatoes
  2. (transitive, rare) to add tomatoes to (a dish)

Amis edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Japanese トマト (tomato), from English tomato.

Noun edit

tomato

  1. tomato

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Chichewa edit

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Borrowed from English tomato.

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tomáto class 1a

  1. tomato
    Synonyms: phwetekere, matimati

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Etymology edit

From Russian томат (tomat), German Tomate, English tomato, French tomate, all from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [toˈmato]
  • Audio:
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  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Hyphenation: to‧ma‧to

Noun edit

tomato (accusative singular tomaton, plural tomatoj, accusative plural tomatojn)

  1. tomato (fruit)
  2. tomato plant (Solanum lycopersicum)

Derived terms edit

  • tomata (“made of or related to tomatoes”, adjective)

Iban edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English tomato.

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tomato

  1. tomato

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tomato (plural tomati)

  1. tomato

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tomato

  1. Rōmaji transcription of トマト

Swahili edit

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Borrowed from English tomato.

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tomato (n class, plural tomato)

  1. tomato
    Synonym: nyanya
    • 2021 December 16, “Wakenya wapata faraja mashambani baada ya corona kuwatimua mjini”, in BBC News Swahili‎[2]:
      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.

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Etymology edit

From English tomato.

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tomato

  1. tomato
    • 1995, John Verhaar, Toward a reference grammar of Tok Pisin: an experiment in corpus linguistics‎[3], →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 quotation)

Welsh edit

 tomato on Welsh Wikipedia

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English tomato, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl.

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tomato m (plural tomatos)

  1. tomato
    Synonym: afal cariad

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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 edit

  • 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
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