tomate

See also: Tomate, tomaté, tomáte, and tómate

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈmate/ [t̪oˈma.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: to‧ma‧te

Noun

tomate m (plural tomates)

1. tomato

Further reading

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “tomate”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “tomate”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tomate/ [t̪o.ma.t̪e]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ate, -e
• Hyphenation: to‧ma‧te

Noun

tomate inan

1. tomato

Declension

Declension of tomate (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	tomate	tomatea	tomateak	tomateok
ergative	tomatek	tomateak	tomateek	tomateok
dative	tomateri	tomateari	tomateei	tomateoi
genitive	tomateren	tomatearen	tomateen	tomateon
comitative	tomaterekin	tomatearekin	tomateekin	tomateokin
causative	tomaterengatik	tomatearengatik	tomateengatik	tomateongatik
benefactive	tomaterentzat	tomatearentzat	tomateentzat	tomateontzat
instrumental	tomatez	tomateaz	tomateez	tomateotaz
inessive	tomatetan	tomatean	tomateetan	tomateotan
locative	tomatetako	tomateko	tomateetako	tomateotako
allative	tomatetara	tomatera	tomateetara	tomateotara
terminative	tomatetaraino	tomateraino	tomateetaraino	tomateotaraino
directive	tomatetarantz	tomaterantz	tomateetarantz	tomateotarantz
destinative	tomatetarako	tomaterako	tomateetarako	tomateotarako
ablative	tomatetatik	tomatetik	tomateetatik	tomateotatik
partitive	tomaterik	—	—	—
prolative	tomatetzat	—	—	—

Further reading

• “tomate”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “tomate”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔ.mat/
• (Burkina Faso) IPA^(key): /tamati/

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• Rhymes: -at
• Homophone: tomates

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl.

Noun

tomate f (plural tomates)

1. tomato (plant)

   Synonym: tomatier

2. tomato (fruit)

   Synonym: (obsolete) pomme d'amour

Derived terms

• rouge comme une tomate
• sauce tomate
• tomate cerise
• tomate italienne
• tomater
• tomatier

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: tomat
• → Hunsrik: Tomatt
• → Sedang: tơmat

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tomate

1. inflection of tomater:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative
   2. first-person singular present subjunctive
   3. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “tomate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Galician

o tomate (a tomato)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl (“tomatillo”), the tomato proper being xītomatl.

Pronunciation

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Noun

tomate m (plural tomates)

1. tomato (fruit)

   Pois temos sopa de fideos, cocido, merluza frita e língoa con tomate.

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Related terms

• tomateira

Interlingua

Etymology

From Spanish tomate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈmate/

Noun

tomate (plural tomates)

1. tomato

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tomate.

Pronunciation

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Noun

tomate m (plural tomati)

1. (rare) alternative form of tomato

Portuguese

tomates

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl (“tomatillo”), the tomato proper being xītomatl.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈma.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈma.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈma.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuˈma.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: to‧ma‧te

Noun

tomate m (plural tomates)

1. tomato (fruit of the tomato plant)
2. (humorous) a blushed face
3. (mildly vulgar, usually in the plural) ball (testicle; compare colhão)

Derived terms

• tomatão (augmentative)
• tomateiro
• tomatezinho (diminutives)
• tomatinho (diminutive)

Descendants

• → Konkani: तोमात (tomāt)

Further reading

• “tomate”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈmate/ [t̪oˈma.t̪e]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: to‧ma‧te

Etymology 1

Un tomate

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tomatl (“tomatillo”), the tomato proper being xītomatl.

Noun

tomate m (plural tomates)

1. tomato (plant)

   Synonyms: (Mexico) jitomatera, tomatera

2. tomato (fruit)

   Synonym: (Mexico) jitomate

3. (Mexico) tomatillo
4. hole (in a sock or shoe)
5. (colloquial, Chile) a hair bun, or a short ponytail

   Synonyms: rodete, moño

6. (colloquial) fight

   Synonyms: lucha, pelea, riña

Derived terms

• entomatada
• salsa de tomate
• tomate cherry
• tomate de árbol
• tomate de colgar
• tomate del diablo
• tomatera
• tomatero
• tomatillo
• Tomatina

Related terms

• jitomate

Descendants

Descendants

• → Central Bikol: kamatis
• → Catalan: tomata, tomaca, tomàquet
• → Cebuano: kamatis
• → Danish: tomat
  • → Faroese: tomat
  • → Swedish: tomat
• → English: tomato (see there for further descendants)
• → Estonian: tomat
• → French: tomate
  • Haitian Creole: tomat
  • → Hunsrik: Tomatt
  • → Sedang: tơmat
• → German: Tomate
• → Hiligaynon: kamatis
• → Interlingua: tomate
• → Karao: kamatis
• → Portuguese: tomate
• → Quechua: tumati
• → Russian: томат (tomat), тома́тъ (tomát) — pre-1918 spelling
  • → West Circassian: томатэ (tomatɛ)
  • → Armenian: տոմատ (tomat)
  • → Georgian: ტომატი (ṭomaṭi)
  • → Uzbek: tomat
  • → Yakut: томат (tomat)
• → Tagalog: kamatis
  • → Hokkien: 柑仔得 (kam-á-tit), 柑仔蜜 (kam-á-bi̍t)
• → Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tomat
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tomat
• → Volapük: tomat
• → Waray-Waray: kamatis

Etymology 2

Verb

tomate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of tomar combined with te

Further reading

• “tomate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025