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tomato

noun

to·​ma·​to tə-ˈmā-(ˌ)tō How to pronounce tomato (audio)
chiefly in Britain, eastern New England, northeastern Virginia, and sometimes elsewhere in cultivated speech
-ˈmä- How to pronounce tomato (audio)
 chiefly in Northern US  -ˈma-
plural tomatoes
1
: the usually large, rounded, edible, pulpy berry of an herb (genus Solanum) of the nightshade family native to South America that is typically red but may be yellow, orange, green, or purplish in color and is eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable
2
: a plant that produces tomatoes
especially : any of various varieties of a tender perennial (Solanum lycopersicum synonym Lycopersicon esculentum) widely cultivated as an annual
How is tomato pronounced?: Usage Guide

The original pronunciation of this Spanish loanword was with stressed \ä\, as was also the case for potato. The older \ä\ pronunciation of potato is found in Robert Burns' poem "Holy Willie's Prayer" and persists in some Scottish dialects. Perhaps because potato has been part of English longer than tomato, its pronunciation has been anglicized in most dialects, with the stressed \ä\ vowel becoming \ā\, like the a in Plato (from Greek) and dado (from Italian). The pronunciation of tomato began the same journey of anglicization but was halted halfway between, so that British and some Eastern American dialects have the older \ä\ while the others have the newer \ā\. Tomato, being the name of a New World plant, might have entered the English language first in the Americas, where it would have had more time to undergo anglicization in American mouths. The various pronunciations of tomato are all acceptable in standard English.

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The seafood is springy, the grits dare you to not scrape the plate, the andouille adds snap and sass, and the tomato broth, glossed with butter, ties everything together. Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022 Lots of lean chicken and brown jollof rice, a Nigerian dish made with tomato paste, onions, and spices. Lola Ogunnaike, Men's Health, 2 Aug. 2022 Add tomato sauce, crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, water, sugar, 2 tsp. Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2022 Another of his most formative food experiences was eating his dad’s chipotle-tomato broth with pork cracklings, panela cheese and avocado. Andy Wang, Robb Report, 6 July 2022 According to Kharon, a data and analytics firm, Xinjiang produces more than 40 percent of the world’s polysilicon, a quarter of the world’s tomato paste and a fifth of global cotton. New York Times, 22 June 2022 In her riff, pork meatballs simmer in a chile-tomato broth with potatoes and collard greens. Kitty Greenwald, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2021 Its most famous dish is the Bouillabaisse, a savory melange of fresh fish, clams, mussels, shrimp and scallops in a saffron tomato broth. cleveland, 23 Mar. 2021 Thanks to your trusty air fryer, the meatballs and fresh tomato sauce come together at the same time. Becca Miller, Good Housekeeping, 31 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

alteration of earlier tomate, from Spanish, from Nahuatl tomatl

First Known Use

1604, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of tomato was in 1604

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