English Explanatory Dictionary

tomato

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
  2. The savory fruit of this plant, most often red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture and cooking.
  3. A shade of red, the colour typical of a ripe tomato.
  4. An attractive woman.
  5. A stupid act or person.
adj
  1. Of a shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato.
verb
  1. to pelt with tomatoes
  2. to add tomatoes to (a dish)

Pronunciation

/təˈmɑː.təʊ/ en-uk-tomato.ogg En-au-tomato.ogg /təˈmeɪ.toʊ/ en-us-tomato.ogg [tʰəˈmeɪɾo] [tʰəˈme(ː)to(ː)] [tʰɵ-] [-ma-] /ʈɵˈmaʈo/ /ʈɵˈmɑʈo/ /ʈɵˈmeʈo/

Word forms

tomato tomatoes tomatoe tomater 'mater more tomato most tomato tomatos tomatoing tomatoed

Etymology

Variant of earlier tomate, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl, from Proto-Nahuan *toma-tl. Compare tomatillo.

Synonyms

golden apple love apple wolf's peach

Related words

tomatillo

Derived words

beefsteak tomato beef tomato bitter tomato bush tomato canned tomatoes cherry tomato clamato cocktail tomato currant tomato Datterini tomato desert tomato diced tomatoes grape tomato heirloom tomato heritage tomato husk tomato Italian plum tomato Italian tomato mock tomato pear tomato plum tomato pomato porcupine tomato potomato puréed tomatoes Roma tomato Sacratomato strained tomatoes strawberry tomato teardrop tomato tomacco tomatine tomatini Tomato blistering mosaic tymovirus tomato cage tomato can tomato clownfish tomato concentrate tomatoey tomato fever tomato flu tomato frog tomato fruitworm tomato gall tomato hornworm tomato juice tomato knife tomatoless tomatolike tomato moth tomatoness tomato paste tomatophile tomato-phile tomato pie tomato purée tomato salad tomato sandwich tomato sauce tomato sphinx

Translations

Afrikaans: tamatie Arabic: طَمَاطِم Arabic: بَنَدُورَة Arabic: طماطم Arabic: ماطيشة Arabic: بندورة Arabic: بَنْدُورَة Arabic: قوطة Arabic: قوطاية Arabic: طمطماية Algerian Arabic: طوماطيش Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܛܵܡܵܛܵܐ Asturian: tomate Azerbaijani: pomidor Azerbaijani: rus badımcanı Bashkir: помидор Bulgarian: домат Catalan: tomaquera Catalan: tomàquet Chechen: бадаржан стом Chechen: адамат Chechen: бадарж Chechen: помидор Chechen: томат Chechen: помдор Chinese Cantonese: 番茄 Chinese Mandarin: 西紅柿 /西红柿 Chinese Mandarin: 番茄 Chinese Mandarin: 柿子 Crimean Tatar: pamidor Crimean Tatar: domatis Czech: rajče Czech: rajské jablíčko Danish: tomat Dutch: tomaat Dutch: tomatenplant Esperanto: tomato Esperanto: tomatujo Finnish: tomaatti Finnish: tomaattikasvi Finnish: tomaatinpunainen French: tomate French: tomatier Galician: tomateira Galician: tomate German: Tomate German: Tomatenpflanze German: Paradeiser Greek: ντοματιά Greek: ντομάτα Gujarati: ટામેટું Gujarati: ટમેટું Hindi: टमाटर Hindi: विलायती Hungarian: paradicsom Icelandic: tómatjurt Icelandic: tómatur Icelandic: tómati Icelandic: rauðaldin Ido: tomatiero Ido: tomato Indonesian: tomat Irish: tráta Italian: pomodoro Italian: pomidoro Italian: pummarola Italian: pommarola Italian: tomato Italian: tomate Italian: tomata (Liguria) Italian: tomatica Italian: pomatica Japanese: トマト Kashmiri: رُوانٛگُن Kashmiri: ٹَماٹَر Kazakh: қызанақ Kazakh: помидор Kazakh: томат Northern Kurdish: bacansor Northern Kurdish: bacanê sor Northern Kurdish: firingî Northern Kurdish: tomate Northern Kurdish: pamîdor Kyrgyz: кызанак Kyrgyz: батинча Kyrgyz: помидор Latin: lycopersicum Latvian: tomāts Ligurian: tomata Lithuanian: pomidoras Malay: rangam Malay: راڠم Malay: tomato Malay: terung masam Malay: tomat
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