tomato

== English == === Alternative forms === tomater (eye dialect) 'mater (Southern US, Appalachia, informal) === Etymology === Variant of earlier tomate, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl, from Proto-Nahuan *toma-tl. Compare tomatillo. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /təˈmɑː.təʊ/ (US) IPA(key): /təˈmeɪ.toʊ/, (colloquial, sometimes) /təˈmeɪ.tə/ (Canada) IPA(key): [tʰəˈmeɪɾo], [tʰəˈme(ː)to(ː)], [tʰɵ-], [-ma-] (Indic) IPA(key): /ʈɵˈmaʈo/, /ʈɵˈmɑʈo/, /ʈɵˈmeʈo/ Rhymes: -ɑːtəʊ, -eɪtəʊ, -ætəʊ === Noun === tomato (countable and uncountable, plural tomatoes) A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit. The savory fruit of this plant, most often red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture and cooking. Synonyms: (archaic) love apple, (obsolete) wolf's peach Meronym: lycopene 1990, JSG Trading Corp. v. Tray-Wrap, Inc., 917 F.2d 75 (2d Cir. 1990) In common parlance tomatoes are vegetables, as the Supreme Court observed long ago [see Nix v. Hedden 149 U.S. 304, 307, 13 S.Ct. 881, 882, 37 L.Ed. 745 (1893)], although botanically speaking they are actually a fruit. [26 Encyclopedia Americana 832 (Int'l. ed. 1981)]. Regardless of classification, people have been enjoying tomatoes for centuries; even Mr. Pickwick, as Dickens relates, ate his chops in "tomata" sauce. A shade of red, the colour typical of a ripe tomato. (slang) An attractive woman. 2015 19 Old-Fashioned Compliments We Should Bring Back That shirt makes you look like such a glorious tomato. (slang) A stupid act or person. ==== Hypernyms ==== fruit, vegetable (see tomato § Fruit or vegetable) berry ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== tomatillo ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === tomato (comparative more tomato, superlative most tomato) Of a shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato. === Verb === tomato (third-person singular simple present tomatos, present participle tomatoing, simple past and past participle tomatoed) (transitive, rare) to pelt with tomatoes (transitive, rare) to add tomatoes to (a dish) == Amis == === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese トマト (tomato), from English tomato. === Noun === tomato tomato === References === “Entry #537900”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎[2] (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021 == Chichewa == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tomato. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /toˈmá.to/ === Noun === tomáto class 1a tomato Synonyms: phwetekere, matimati == Esperanto == === Etymology === From Russian томат (tomat), German Tomate, English tomato, French tomate, all from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /toˈmato/ Rhymes: -ato Syllabification: to‧ma‧to === Noun === tomato (accusative singular tomaton, plural tomatoj, accusative plural tomatojn) tomato (fruit) tomato plant (Solanum lycopersicum) ==== Derived terms ==== tomata (“made of or related to tomatoes”, adjective) == Iban == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tomato. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tomato/ === Noun === tomato tomato == Ido == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /toˈmato/ Rhymes: -ato === Noun === tomato (plural tomati) tomato == Italian == === Alternative forms === tomate === Etymology === Borrowed from English tomato. === Pronunciation === === Noun === tomato m (plural tomati) (rare) tomato Synonym: pomodoro (informal) ketchup == Japanese == === Romanization === tomato Rōmaji transcription of トマト == Swahili == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tomato. === Pronunciation === === Noun === tomato class IX (plural tomato class X) tomato Synonym: nyanya == Tok Pisin == === Etymology === From English tomato. === Noun === tomato tomato == Welsh == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tomato, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɔˈmatɔ/ === Noun === tomato m (plural tomatoes) tomato Synonym: afal cariad ==== Derived terms ==== tomato bach melys (“cherry tomato”) === Mutation === === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “tomato”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies