tomaat

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Dutch[edit]

Tomaten. — Tomatoes.

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English tomato, subsequently influenced by French tomate, both from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl (“tomatillo”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /toːˈmaːt/
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  • Hyphenation: to‧maat
  • Rhymes: -aːt

Noun[edit]

tomaat f (plural tomaten, diminutive tomaatje n)

  1. tomato, fruit of Solanum lycopersicum
  2. tomato plant, Solanum lycopersicum
    Synonym: tomatenplant
    Hypernym: nachtschade
    Hyponyms: cherrytomaat, kerstomaat, vleestomaat, waterbom

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Afrikaans: tamatie
    • → Sotho: tamati
    • → Zulu: utamatisi
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: tamáti
  • → Caribbean Javanese: tomatis, tomat
  • → Indonesian: tomat
  • → Sranan Tongo: tomati
  • → West Frisian: tomaat

Further reading[edit]

West Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Dutch tomaat, from English tomato, though the Dutch was subsequently influenced by French tomate, both from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl (“tomatillo”).

Noun[edit]

tomaat c (plural tomaten, diminutive tomaatsje)

  1. tomato

Further reading[edit]

  • “tomaat”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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