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See also: tomàto, tōmato, and tōm̧ato

English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Variant of earlier tomate, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl, from Proto-Nahuan *tomatl. Compare tomatillo.

Pronunciation

Noun

tomato (countable and uncountable, plural tomatoes)

  2. A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
  4. The savory fruit of this plant, red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture and cooking.
    He was chopping a tomato to put in the salad.
    He was eating a tomato when his boss called him.
    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.
  5. A shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato.
    tomato:  
  6. (slang) A desirable-looking woman.
    Look at the legs on that hot tomato!
    • 1999 April 4, Frank Decaro, “No Longer the Punch-Line State; Lauryn Hill, the Sopranos and others are unapologetic New Jerseyans.”, in The New York Times‎, section 9, page 1:
      Deborah Harry, the New Wave goddess, is finally admitting -- after all the peroxide and posturing of the 1970's and 80's -- that she's really just a ''tomato'' (her word) from Paterson, who spent her youth on ''this section of street up in Totowa where all the slutty girls would walk around and meet boys.''
    • 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.
  7. (slang) A stupid act or person.

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Adjective

tomato (comparative more tomato, superlative most tomato)

  1. Of a shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato.
    tomato:  
    • 1990, Beverley Farmer, “December”, in A Body of Water, Sydney, N.S.W.: Giramondo Publishing, published 2020, →ISBN:
      Her face is on the cover: the Anne Estelle Rice portrait – or the black-eyed Japanese-bobbed head-and-shoulders bit of it – and the square-yoked dress is tomato, or pomegranate, but never persimmon. If it stayed too long in the sun and faded, well yes, maybe then…
    • 2011, Jackie Braun, “Most Focused”, in Mr. Right There All Along (Harlequin Romance, #4258; The Fun Factor), Toronto, Ont.: Harlequin, →ISBN, page 220:
      And she’d slathered a heavy layer of foundation over the raw skin of her face with the end result being a complexion that was more tomato than orange.
    • 2013, Jillian Cantor, Margot, New York, N.Y.: Riverhead Books, →ISBN, pages 93–94 (chapter 16) and 164 (chapter 26):
      This afternoon, though, she saunters in, draped in a dress the color of a ripe tomato, with a hat to match, her hair twisted underneath in some kind of fashionable up-do that seems impossible to create oneself. […] Penny is sitting there, on the bed, next to me, chewing on the end of the pen, dressed in her frivolous tomato dress.
    • 2021, Traci Andrighetti, chapter 9, in Valpolicella Violet (Franki Amato Mysteries; 7), Limoncello Press, →ISBN:
      Intending to tease out Shona’s know-it-all nature by spouting off some trivia, I googled the Pala d’Oro on my phone. It was pure folly, but I was kind of worried about her. “Wikipedia says the cloth has a hundred and eighty-seven enamel plaques depicting Christ and the saints that are decorated with gold, silver, and around two thousand gems.” I peeked at Shona, whose face was tomato, and continued.

Verb

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)
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Amis

Etymology

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

Noun

tomato

  1. tomato

References

Chichewa

Etymology

Borrowed from English tomato.

Pronunciation

Noun

tomáto class 1a

  1. tomato
    Synonyms: phwetekere, matimati

Esperanto

Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

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

Etymology

Borrowed from English tomato.

Pronunciation

Noun

tomato

  1. tomato

Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toˈmato/
  • Rhymes: -ato

Noun

tomato (plural tomati)

  1. tomato

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English tomato.

Noun

tomato m (plural tomati)

  1. (rare) tomato
    Synonym: pomodoro
  2. (informal) ketchup

Japanese

Romanization

tomato

  1. Rōmaji transcription of トマト

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English tomato.

Pronunciation

Noun

tomato class IX (plural tomato class X)

  1. 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

Etymology

From English tomato.

Noun

tomato

  1. 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 quotation)

Welsh

 tomato on Welsh Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

tomato m (plural tomatoes)

  1. tomato
    Synonym: afal cariad

Derived terms

  • tomato bach melys (“cherry tomato”)

Mutation

More information radical, soft ...

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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
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