tomaat

Dutch

Tomaten. — Tomatoes.

Etymology

Borrowed from English tomato, subsequently influenced by French tomate, both from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl (“tomatillo”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /toːˈmaːt/
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Hyphenation: to‧maat
Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

tomaat f (plural tomaten, diminutive tomaatje n)

tomato, fruit of Solanum lycopersicum
tomato plant, Solanum lycopersicum
Synonym: tomatenplant

Hypernym: nachtschade

Hyponyms: cherrytomaat, kerstomaat, vleestomaat, waterbom

Derived terms

cherrytomaat
kerstomaat
tomatenplant
tomatenpuree
tomatensap
tomatensaus
tomatensoep
vleestomaat

Descendants

Afrikaans: tamatie
- → Sotho: tamati
- → Zulu: utamatisi
→ Caribbean Hindustani: tamáti
→ Caribbean Javanese: tomatis, tomat
→ Indonesian: tomat
→ Sranan Tongo: tomati
- → Aukan: tomati
- → Kari'na: tomati
→ West Frisian: tomaat

Further reading

tomaat on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch tomaat, from English tomato, though the Dutch was subsequently influenced by French tomate, both from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl (“tomatillo”).

Noun

tomaat c (plural tomaten, diminutive tomaatsje)

tomato

Further reading

“tomaat”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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