Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.

    Tomate, Tomatenpflanze, Tomate

    помидо́рpomidór, помидо́рpomidór, тома́тtomát

    тома́тtomát, помідо́рpomidór, тома́тtomát

    native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties

  2. (countable, uncountable)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.

    He was eating a tomato when his boss called him.

    mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable

  3. (countable, uncountable)A shade of red, the colour typical of a ripe tomato.

  4. (countable, slang, uncountable)An attractive woman.

    2015 19 Old-Fashioned Compliments We Should Bring Back That shirt makes you look like such a glorious tomato.

  5. (countable, slang, uncountable)A stupid act or person.

Examples

371 sentences
  1. She grows tomatoes in her garden.

    Вона вирощує помідори на своєму городі.

    ruОна выращивает помидоры в своём огороде.

    deSie züchtet Tomaten in ihrem Garten.

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  2. Tom grows tomatoes in his garden.

    Том вирощує помідори у себе на городі.

    ruТом выращивает помидоры в своём саду.

    deTom baut in seinem Garten Tomaten an.

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  3. I don't like the taste of tomatoes.

    Я не люблю смак помідорів.

    ruМне не нравится вкус помидоров.

    deIch mag den Geschmack von Tomaten nicht.

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  4. Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?

    Помідор — це фрукт чи овоч?

    ruПомидор - это фрукт или овощ?

    deIst die Tomate eine Frucht oder ein Gemüse?

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  5. This kind of tomato tastes better cooked than raw.

    Цей тип помідорів краще смакує приготованим, ніж сирим.

    deDiese Tomatensorte schmeckt gekocht besser als roh.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
tomato plant:
fruit:
Русский
By meaning 2
tomato plant:
fruit:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
tomato plant:
fruit:

Origin

Variant of earlier tomate, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl, from Proto-

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

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