tomato
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tomato
- /təˈmɑː.təʊ/ Australia, UK
- /təˈmeɪ.toʊ/ US
- [tʰəˈmeɪ̯ɾo] Canada
- [-ˈme(ː)tʰo(ː)] Canada
- [tʰɵ-] Canada
- [-ma-] Canada
Rhymes with -ɑːtəʊ, -eɪtəʊ
Where it comes from
Variant of earlier tomate, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl, from Proto-Nahuan *toma-tl. Compare tomatillo.
noun tomatoes · tomatoe · tomater · 'mater
- A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
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The savory fruit of this plant, most often red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture and cooking.
He was chopping a tomato to put in the salad.
Similar: golden apple, love apple, wolf's peach
- A shade of red, the colour typical of a ripe tomato.
- An attractive woman. Deborah Harry, the New Wave goddess, is finally admitting -- after all the peroxide and posturing of the 1970's and 80's -- that she's really just a tomato (her word) from Paterson […].
- A stupid act or person.
adjective more tomato · most tomato · tomatoe · tomater · 'mater
- Of a shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato. Her face is on the cover: the Anne Estelle Rice portrait – or the black-eyed Japanese-bobbed head-and-shoulders bit of it – and the square-yoked dress is tomato, or pomegranate, but never persimmon. If it stayed too long in the sun and faded, well yes, maybe then…
verb tomatos · tomatoing · tomatoed · tomatoe · tomater
- To pelt with tomatoes.
- To add tomatoes to (a dish).
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: love apple, lycopersicon esculentum, tomato plant, noodle, pappy, grandpa, bush tomato, lycopersicum, golden apple, pomodoro, tomate, grape tomato, cherry tomato, beefsteak tomato, roma tomato, plum tomato
Translations
Every language
noun tomato plant
| Español | tomate, tomatera |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | トマト tomato |
| 中文 | 西紅柿 /西红柿 xīhóngshì, 番茄 fānqié, 柿子 shìzi |
| हिन्दी | टमाटर ṭamāṭar, विलायती vilāyatī |
| Kiswahili | mnyanya |
| Português | tomateiro, tomate |
| Français | tomate, tomatier |
| Deutsch | Tomate, Tomatenpflanze |
| Italiano | pomodoro, pomidoro, tomato, tomate, tomata (Liguria), tomatica |
| Ελληνικά | ντοματιά ntomatiá |
| Română | tomată |
| Русский | помидо́р pomidór |
| Tiếng Việt | cà chua |
| العربية | طَمَاطِم ṭamāṭim, بَنَدُورَة banadūra |
noun fruit
| Español | tomate, jitomate |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 토마토 tomato, 도마도 domado |
| 日本語 | トマト tomato |
| 中文 | 西紅柿 /西红柿 xīhóngshì, 番茄 fānqié, 柿子 shìzi |
| हिन्दी | टमाटर ṭamāṭar, विलायती vilāyatī |
| Kiswahili | nyanya |
| Português | tomate |
| Français | tomate |
| Deutsch | Tomate |
| Italiano | pomodoro, pomidoro, tomato, tomate, tomata (Liguria), tomatica |
| Ελληνικά | ντομάτα ntomáta |
| Română | roșie, tomată |
| Русский | помидо́р pomidór, тома́т tomát |
| Tiếng Việt | cà chua |
| العربية | بَنْدُورَة bandūra, طَمَاطِم ṭamāṭim |
| עברית | עַגְבָנִיָּה agvaniyá, בַּדּוּרָה badura |
Talk about this word "tomato." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tomato. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tomato. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tomato "tomato." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tomato.Cite this
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title = {tomato},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tomato},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
