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tomato
English
Alternative forms
- tomater (eye dialect)
- 'mater (Southern US, Appalachia, informal)
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl, from Proto-Nahuan *tomatl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??m??.to?/
- (US) IPA(key): [t????m??o?]
- (UK) IPA(key): [t????m??t???]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): [t????m??t???]
- IPA(key): /t??me?.to?/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): [t????me??o?], [t????me???]
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): [t????me??o?], [t????me???]
- Rhymes: -??t??, -e?t??
Noun
tomato (countable and uncountable, plural tomatoes)
- A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
- The savory fruit of this plant, red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture and cooking.
- Synonyms: (informal) 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 of a ripe tomato.
- (slang) A desirable-looking woman.
- (slang) A stupid act or person.
Derived terms
Related terms
- tomatillo
Descendants
Translations
Verb
tomato (third-person singular simple present tomatos, present participle tomatoing, simple past and past participle tomatoed)
- (transitive) to pelt with tomatoes
- (transitive) to add tomatoes to (a dish)
Amis
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese ??? (tomato), from English tomato.
Noun
tomato
- tomato
References
- 2017, Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis (?????????) (in Mandarin Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples.
Chichewa
Etymology
Borrowed from English tomato.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /to?má.to/
Noun
tomáto 1a
- tomato
Synonyms
- phwetekere
- matimati
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from English tomato and French tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /to?mato/
- Hyphenation: to?ma?to
- Rhymes: -ato
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)
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /to?mato/
Noun
tomato (plural tomati)
- tomato
Japanese
Romanization
tomato
- R?maji transcription of ???
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English tomato.
Noun
tomato
- tomato
Welsh
Etymology
From English tomato.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??mat?/
Noun
tomato m (plural tomatos)
- tomato
- Synonym: afal cariad
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
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brinjal
English
Alternative forms
- brinjall, brinjaul
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b??nd???l/
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese beringela, from Arabic ???????????? (b??inj?n), from Persian ???????? (bâdenjân), from Sanskrit ??????? (v?tiga-gama, “eggplant”). Doublet of aubergine.
Noun
brinjal (plural brinjals)
- (South Asia, Malaysia) An aubergine or eggplant.
Synonyms
- See the list at eggplant.
Related terms
- brown jolly
Translations
References
- 1810, John Richardson, Sir Charles Wilkins, David Hopkins, A vocabulary, Persian, Arabic, and English: abridged from the quarto edition, page 87
- 1903, Yule, Henry, Sir. Hobson-Jobson: A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases, and of kindred terms, etymological, historical, geographical and discursive. New ed. edited by William Crooke, B.A. London: J. Murray, p. 115-116
- 2003, “Three Pandits”. Learn Telugu through English in One Month 1st ed. page 63
- 2009, Ranga Rao. Learn Kannada in 30 Days 27th ed. page 43
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