pomodoro

== English == === Etymology === From Italian pomodoro (“tomato”). The time interval comes from the Pomodoro kitchen timer, which is in the shape of a tomato. === Noun === pomodoro (countable and uncountable, plural pomodoros or pomodori) (countable, rare) A variety of pear-shaped tomato from Italy; San Marzano tomato. (uncountable) Ellipsis of pomodoro sauce. A 25-minute time interval spent working (followed by a five-minute break), used as part of the Pomodoro time management system. == Italian == === Alternative forms === pomo d'oro (archaic) pomidoro (colloquial) === Etymology === Univerbation of pomo (“apple”) +‎ d' (“of”) +‎ oro (“gold”), literally “golden apple”. Possibly owing to the fact that the first varieties of tomatoes arriving in Europe and spreading from Spain to Italy and North Africa were yellow. Earliest attestation (of the archaic plural form pomi d'oro) goes back to Matthiolus (1544). A red strain was later developed in Moorish Africa, which came to be known in Italy as pomo dei mori (“apple of the Moors”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌpo.moˈdɔ.ro/ Rhymes: -ɔro Hyphenation: po‧mo‧dò‧ro === Noun === pomodoro m (plural pomodori or pomidoro or (popular) pomidori) tomato Synonym: (rare) tomato salsa di pomodoro ― tomato sauce pasta al pomodoro ― an Italian food typically prepared with pasta, olive oil, fresh tomatoes, basil, and various other fresh ingredients. See pasta al pomodoro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ==== Derived terms ==== pomodorata pomodorino pomodoro ciliegino ==== Descendants ==== → Arabic: بَنَدُورَة (banadūra) (Syria, Lebanon, Palestine)→ Armenian: պանատուրա (panatura) (dialectal)→ Turkish: banadura (dialectal) → Armenian: ոսկեխնձոր (oskexnjor) (calque) → Georgian: ოქროვაშლა (okrovašla) (calque, chiefly Gurian dialect) → English: pomodoro → Lithuanian: pomidòras → Neapolitan: pummarola → Polish: pomidor → Russian: помидо́р (pomidór)→ Armenian: պոմիդոր (pomidor)→ Azerbaijani: pomidor→ Bashkir: помидор (pomidor)→ Crimean Tatar: pamidor→ Georgian: პომიდორი (ṗomidori), პამიდორი (ṗamidori) (colloquial)→ Kazakh: пәмбілдәрі (pämbıldärı)→ Persian: پامادور (pâmâdor)→ Turkmen: pomidor→ Uyghur: پەمىدۇر (pemidur)→ Uzbek: pomidor, pamildori — colloquial→ West Circassian: помидор (pomidor)→ Yakut: помидор (pomidor)→ Yiddish: פּאָמידאָר (pomidor) → Ukrainian: помідор (pomidor) ==== See also ==== pomo del Perù (literally “Peruvian apple”) (mentioned by Anguillara in 1561 (under the plural form pomi del Perù), however ambiguous as to whether he was referring to the same plant) pomo d'amore (“the fruit of Momordica balsamina”) (therefore not to be confused with English love apple (which may have been a mistranslation of pomo d'oro or a calque of French pomme d'amour, itself a possible corruption of aforementioned Italian pomo dei mori) nor with Sicilian puma d'amuri) === References === === Further reading === pomodoro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana