tomato

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
2. (countable, uncountable) The savory fruit of this plant, most often red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture and cooking.
3. (countable, uncountable) A shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato.
4. (countable, slang, uncountable) A desirable-looking woman.
5. (countable, slang, uncountable) A stupid act or person.

Adj

Of a shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato.

Verb

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

Concepts

tomate

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lycopersicon esculentum

Synonymes

love apple

tomato plant

love-apple

Lycopersicon esculentum

vegetable

Lycopersicum esculentum Mill.

jitomate

pomme d’amour

Lycopersicum escuentum

apple of love

fattoush

tomatoes

tom

tomate

garden tomato

Traductions

pomodoro

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tomate

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Tomate

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tomate

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ντομάτα

tomaat

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domates

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tomàquet

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pamîdor

jitomate

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firingî

طماطم

tomate

Paradeiser

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Prononcé comme (IPA)

/təˈmɑː.təʊ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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