蕃茄

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 番茄 (“foreign eggplant; tomato; chilli pepper”).
(This term is a variant form of 番茄).

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
Jinmeiyō Jinmeiyō
irregular

Borrowed from English tomato. The kanji are ateji (当て字), from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Chinese word for tomato.

Pronunciation

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Noun

蕃茄(トマト) (tomato

  1. (rare) Alternative spelling of トマト: tomato (fruit)
Usage notes

The kanji spelling for tomato is exceedingly rare.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
ばん
Jinmeiyō

Jinmeiyō
kan’yōon

Given the history of when tomatoes were introduced to the far east, probably from late-middle or early-modern (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Cantonese 蕃茄 (fānqié). Compare the modern (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Cantonese reading of faan1 ke4.

Pronunciation

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Noun

(ばん)() (banka

  1. (rare) tomato (fruit)
Usage notes

This term has been superseded in modern Japanese by the English-derived トマト (tomato).

References