tomato

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl.

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /təˈmætoː/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /təˈmɑːtəʊ/

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• (Canada, US) IPA^(key): /təˈmeɪtoʊ/, /təˈmeɪtə/
  • IPA^(key): [tʰəˈmeɪɾoʊ], [tʰəˈmeɪɾə]

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /təˈmɐːtəʉ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːtəʊ, -eɪtəʊ

Noun

tomato (countable and uncountable, plural tomatoes)

1. A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit
2. The savory fruit of this plant, red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture and cooking
   • 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.

3. A shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato.
4. (slang) A desirable-looking woman.

   Lookit the legs on that hot tomato!

5. (slang) A stupid act or person.

Verb

tomato (third-person singular simple present tomatos, present participle tomatoing, simple past and past participle tomatoed)

1. (transitive) to pelt with tomatoes
2. (transitive) to add tomatoes to (a dish)

Etymology

Borrowed from English tomato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈmá.to/

Noun

tomáto class 1a

1. tomato

Etymology

Borrowed from English tomato and French tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl.

Noun

tomato (accusative singular tomaton, plural tomatoj, accusative plural tomatojn)

1. tomato (fruit)
2. tomato plant (Solanum lycopersicum)

Noun

tomato (plural tomati)

1. tomato

Romanization

tomato

1. Rōmaji transcription of トマト

Etymology

From English tomato.

Noun

tomato

1. tomato
   • 1995, John Verhaar, Toward a reference grammar of Tok Pisin: an experiment in corpus linguistics‎, →ISBN, page 433:

     Mekim olsem pinis, orait tupela i planim taro na banana, na kumu, painap, kon, tomato, na kaukau tu.