tomato
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See also tōmato
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl, xītomatl.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Canada) IPA: /təˈmɛɪtoː/, /təˈmætoː/
- (UK) IPA: /təˈmɑːtəʊ/, X-SAMPA: /t@"mA:t@U/
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Audio (UK) (file) - (US) IPA: /təˈmeɪtoʊ/, /təˈmeɪtə/, X-SAMPA: /t@"meItoU/, /t@"meIt@/; IPA: [tʰəˈmeɪɾoʊ], [tʰəˈmeɪɾə]
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Audio (US) (file) -
Audio (AUS) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːtəʊ, -eɪtəʊ
Noun[edit]
tomato (plural tomatoes or tomatos)
- A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit
- The savory fruit of this plant, red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture
- Note: The US Supreme Court in Nix v. Hedden (1893) ruled that a tomato is a vegetable.
- A shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato.
- (slang) A desirable-looking woman.
- Lookit the legs on that hot tomato!
- (slang) A stupid act or person.
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- beef tomato
- cherry tomato
- plum tomato
- tomato can
- tomato juice
- tomato paste
- tomato purée
- tomato sauce
- tomato soup
- tomato tomato
Translations[edit]
tomato plant
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fruit
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Verb[edit]
tomato (third-person singular simple present tomatos, present participle tomatoing, simple past and past participle tomatoed)
- (transitive) to pelt with tomatoes
- (transitive) to add tomatoes to (a dish)
Esperanto[edit]
Noun[edit]
tomato (plural tomatoj, accusative singular tomaton, accusative plural tomatojn)
- tomato (fruit)
- tomato plant (Solanum lycopersicum)
Derived terms[edit]
- tomata (“made of or related to tomatoes”)
Ido[edit]
Noun[edit]
tomato (plural tomati)
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
tomato
- See トマト
Tok Pisin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
English tomato
Noun[edit]
tomato
- tomato
- 1995, John Verhaar, Toward a reference grammar of Tok Pisin: an experiment in corpus linguistics[1], ISBN 0-8248-1672-2, page 433:
- Mekim olsem pinis, orait tupela i planim taro na banana, na kumu, painap, kon, tomato, na kaukau tu.
- 1995, John Verhaar, Toward a reference grammar of Tok Pisin: an experiment in corpus linguistics[1], ISBN 0-8248-1672-2, page 433:
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