蕃茄

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 蕃茄 – see 番茄 (“foreign eggplant; tomato; chilli pepper”).
(This term is a variant form of 番茄).

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
蕃 茄
Jinmeiyō Jinmeiyō
irregular

Borrowed from English tomato. The kanji are ateji (当て字), from the Chinese word for tomato.

Pronunciation

Noun

蕃茄(トマト) • (tomato) 

  1. (rare) Alternative spelling of トマト: tomato (fruit)
Usage notes

The kanji spelling for tomato is exceedingly rare.

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
蕃 茄
ばん
Jinmeiyō		 か
Jinmeiyō
kan’yōon

Given the history of when tomatoes were introduced to the far east, probably from late-middle or early-modern Cantonese 蕃茄 (fānqié). Compare the modern Cantonese reading of faan1 ke4.

Pronunciation

Noun

蕃(ばん)茄(か) • (banka) 

  1. (rare) tomato (fruit)
Usage notes

This term has been superseded in modern Japanese by the English-derived トマト (tomato).

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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