tomatillo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tomatillo from Classical Nahuatl tomatl.

Noun

tomatillo (plural tomatillos or tomatilloes)

1. A fruit of the genus Physalis, resembling the tomato but surrounded by a thin papery skin.

Related terms

• uchuva

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Spanish

Etymology

From tomate +‎ -illo, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /tomaˈtiʝo/ [t̪o.maˈt̪i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /tomaˈtiʝo/ [t̪o.maˈt̪i.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /tomaˈtiʎo/ [t̪o.maˈt̪i.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tomaˈtiʃo/ [t̪o.maˈt̪i.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tomaˈtiʒo/ [t̪o.maˈt̪i.ʒo]

Noun

tomatillo m (plural tomatillos)

1. tomatillo (fruit vegetable)
2. Diminutive of tomate