Tomato in Different Languages
Discover 'Tomato' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Tomato
Afrikaans tamatie | ||
Albanian domate | ||
Amharic ቲማቲም | ||
Arabic طماطم | ||
Armenian լոլիկ | ||
Assamese বিলাহী | ||
Aymara tumati | ||
Azerbaijani pomidor | ||
Bambara tamati | ||
Basque tomatea | ||
Belarusian памідор | ||
Bengali টমেটো | ||
Bhojpuri टमाटर | ||
Bosnian paradajz | ||
Bulgarian домат | ||
Catalan tomàquet | ||
Cebuano kamatis | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 番茄 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 番茄 | ||
Corsican pumata | ||
Croatian rajčica | ||
Czech rajče | ||
Danish tomat | ||
Dhivehi ވިލާތު ބަށި | ||
Dogri टमाटर | ||
Dutch tomaat | ||
English tomato | ||
Esperanto tomato | ||
Estonian tomat | ||
Ewe tomatre | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kamatis | ||
Finnish tomaatti | ||
French tomate | ||
Frisian tomaat | ||
Galician tomate | ||
Georgian პომიდორი | ||
German tomate | ||
Greek ντομάτα | ||
Guarani tomáte | ||
Gujarati ટમેટા | ||
Haitian Creole tomat | ||
Hausa tumatir | ||
Hawaiian ʻōmato | ||
Hebrew עגבנייה | ||
Hindi टमाटर | ||
Hmong txiv lws suav | ||
Hungarian paradicsom | ||
Icelandic tómatur | ||
Igbo tomato | ||
Ilocano kamatis | ||
Indonesian tomat | ||
Irish trátaí | ||
Italian pomodoro | ||
Japanese トマト | ||
Javanese tomat | ||
Kannada ಟೊಮೆಟೊ | ||
Kazakh қызанақ | ||
Khmer ប៉េងប៉ោះ | ||
Kinyarwanda inyanya | ||
Konkani तोमाट | ||
Korean 토마토 | ||
Krio tamatis | ||
Kurdish bacanê sor | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) تەماتە | ||
Kyrgyz помидор | ||
Lao ຫມາກເລັ່ນ | ||
Latin lycopersicisusceptibility | ||
Latvian tomātu | ||
Lingala tomate | ||
Lithuanian pomidoras | ||
Luganda enyaanya | ||
Luxembourgish tomat | ||
Macedonian домат | ||
Maithili टमाटर | ||
Malagasy voatabia | ||
Malay tomato | ||
Malayalam തക്കാളി | ||
Maltese tadama | ||
Maori tōmato | ||
Marathi टोमॅटो | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯈꯥꯃꯦꯟ ꯑꯁꯤꯟꯕ | ||
Mizo tomato | ||
Mongolian улаан лоль | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ခရမ်းချဉ်သီး | ||
Nepali टमाटर | ||
Norwegian tomat | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) tomato | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଟମାଟୋ | | ||
Oromo timaatima | ||
Pashto رومي | ||
Persian گوجه فرنگی | ||
Polish pomidor | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) tomate | ||
Punjabi ਟਮਾਟਰ | ||
Quechua tomate | ||
Romanian roșie | ||
Russian помидор | ||
Samoan tamato | ||
Sanskrit रक्तफल | ||
Scots Gaelic tomato | ||
Sepedi tamati | ||
Serbian парадајз | ||
Sesotho tamati | ||
Shona tomato | ||
Sindhi ٽماٽا | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) තක්කාලි | ||
Slovak paradajka | ||
Slovenian paradižnik | ||
Somali yaanyo | ||
Spanish tomate | ||
Sundanese tomat | ||
Swahili nyanya | ||
Swedish tomat | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kamatis | ||
Tajik помидор | ||
Tamil தக்காளி | ||
Tatar помидор | ||
Telugu టమోటా | ||
Thai มะเขือเทศ | ||
Tigrinya ኮመደረ | ||
Tsonga tamatisi | ||
Turkish domates | ||
Turkmen pomidor | ||
Twi (Akan) ntoosi | ||
Ukrainian помідор | ||
Urdu ٹماٹر | ||
Uyghur پەمىدۇر | ||
Uzbek pomidor | ||
Vietnamese cà chua | ||
Welsh tomato | ||
Xhosa itumato | ||
Yiddish פּאָמידאָר | ||
Yoruba tomati | ||
Zulu utamatisi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "tamatie" is derived from the Nahuatl (Aztec) word "tomatl" and Spanish "tomate". |
| Albanian | In Southern Albania, "domate" also means "ladybug" |
| Amharic | The alternate meaning of "ቲማቲም" in Amharic is "a type of chili pepper". |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "طماطم" ultimately derives from the Nahuatl word "tomatl", meaning "swelling fruit". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "pomidor" in Azerbaijani means "love apple" and is also used as a term of endearment for women. |
| Basque | Basque "tomatea" also refers to a tomato salad with onion, bell pepper, olives and olive oil |
| Bengali | The word "টমেটো" is derived from the Nahuatl word "tomatl", meaning "plump fruit." |
| Bosnian | The word "paradajz" is derived from the Turkish word "paradeyz," which in turn comes from the Persian word "paradīs," meaning "garden of Eden." |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "домат" originates from the Spanish "tomate", which derives from the Nahuatl "tomatl" meaning "swollen fruit". |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "tomàquet" comes from the Nahuatl word "tomatl", meaning "plump fruit". |
| Cebuano | The word "kamatis" is derived from the Spanish word "tomate" and the Nahuatl word "tomatl". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 番茄又称西红柿、洋柿子，是茄科茄属一年生草本植物。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 番茄的原意是『黃色的果』，也稱作『金蘋果』。」 |
| Corsican | The spelling `pumata` (originally `pumada`) was influenced by the Italian and possibly comes from the Spanish `pomada` (ointment). |
| Croatian | In some parts of Croatia, "rajčica" can also refer to a cherry tomato. |
| Czech | The Czech "rajče" (tomato), like the French and Italian words for "apple," has the Slavic root meaning of the fruit of an unknown species, which is now applied mainly to fruit from abroad. |
| Danish | In Danish, "tomat" also refers to a small toy or doll, possibly due to the fruit's shape and size. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "tomaat" originates from the Nahuatl word "tomatl", meaning "plump fruit". |
| Estonian | "Tomat" is derived from "tomati", meaning "swelling" in Nahuatl, referring to its appearance. |
| Finnish | Finnish "tomaatti" derives from the Nahuatl "tomatl" or Aztec "xitomate", meaning "the plump thing with a navel" |
| French | In French, "tomate" can also mean "crush" or "sweetheart". |
| Frisian | De term "tomaat" is in het Fries afgeleid van het Spaanse "tomate", dat op zijn beurt afkomstig is van het Nahuatl-woord "tomatl". |
| Galician | The word "tomate" in Galician also refers to the tomato plant or its fruit, and the adjective "tomatero" means "related to tomatoes". |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "პომიდორი" is derived from the Italian word "pomodoro", which also means "apple of love". |
| German | In German, the word "Tomate" has also been used historically to refer to the fruit of the eggplant, and in some dialects it still carries this meaning today. |
| Greek | The word "ντομάτα" is derived from the Nahuatl word "tomatl", meaning "swollen fruit". |
| Gujarati | The word |
| Haitian Creole | Haitian Creole "tomat" is probably a misspelling of the original French "tomate" and is unrelated to the similar-sounding English word "tomato" |
| Hausa | In Hausa, "tumatir" also refers to a red fruit or vegetable with edible flesh, such as an apple, tomato, or pumpkin. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word ʻōmato can also refer to a type of banana or an edible fruit of the nightshade family. |
| Hebrew | The word "עגבנייה" derives from the Turkish "domates" meaning "plant bearing fleshy fruit." |
| Hindi | The word टमाटर (tomato) is derived from the Nahuatl word "tomatl", meaning "the swelling fruit." |
| Hmong | In Hmong, the word "txiv lws suav" can also mean "love fruit" or "fruit of love". |
| Hungarian | "Paradicsom" is of South Slavic origin, related to words for "tree" and "garden". |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, "tómatur" originally referred to the plant "belladonna" before it came to mean "tomato". |
| Igbo | The Igbo word for tomato is 'ube tomato,' which is also the plant's botanical name, 'Solanum lycopersicum.' |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "tomat" is derived from the Spanish word "tomate", which in turn comes from the Nahuatl word "tomatl". |
| Italian | The word 'pomodoro', in addition to meaning 'tomato', also derives from the golden apples in Greek mythology. |
| Japanese | The word tomato comes from the Nahuatl word 'tomatl', meaning 'plump fruit'. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, the word "tomat" originally meant "love apple" and was used to describe both tomatoes and eggplants. |
| Kannada | The word 'ಟೊಮೆಟೊ' is derived from the Spanish word 'tomate', which in turn is derived from the Nahuatl word 'tomatl', meaning 'plump fruit'. |
| Kazakh | In Kazakh, "қызанақ" also denotes a red-faced person or a child with rosy cheeks. |
| Khmer | The word "ប៉េងប៉ោះ" (tomato) in Khmer is derived from the French word "pomme d'amour" (apple of love). |
| Korean | 토마토(tomato)는 고구마, 감자 등을 가리키기도 했습니다. |
| Kurdish | Bacanê sor is a Kurdish word that means "tomato" and is derived from the Armenian word "batsak" meaning "fruit". |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "помидор" ultimately derives from the Nahuatl word "tomatl" via Spanish and Russian. |
| Latin | "Lycopersicon esculentum" (tomato) derives its name from the Greek "lycopersicon" meaning "wolf peach". |
| Latvian | In Latvian, the word "tomātu" can also mean "stuffed tomatoes" or "tomato sauce". |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "pomidoras" derives from the Italian "pomodoro", which means "apple of gold". |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Tomat" can also refer to a specific variety of tomato called a "Fleischtomate". |
| Macedonian | It derives from the Turkish 'domates' which derives from the Italian 'pomodori' which is the plural form of 'pomo d'oro', meaning 'golden apple'. |
| Malagasy | Malagasy "voatabia" derives from Spanish "tomate," and also refers to the tomato fruit's red color. |
| Malay | Tomat, from Spanish tomate, itself from Nahuatl (Aztec) tomatl or tomatl, also meaning "plump thing." |
| Malayalam | "തക്കാളി" in Malayalam, like in many other Indian languages, is derived from "love apple", a term used to describe the tomato in 16th century Europe after it was introduced to the continent from the Americas. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "tadama” may have originated from the Sicilian word "tamata” meaning "pumpkin" or the Arabic word "tumaati” meaning "tomato". |
| Maori | In Maori, the word for "tomato" is "tōmato", which derives from the Spanish word, "tomate" and the Nahuatl word, "tomatl", meaning fleshy fruit. |
| Marathi | In Marathi, "टोमॅटो" (tomato) is also called "टोमाट" (tomaat), which means "red fruit" in Marathi. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "улаан лоль" (tomato) literally means "red ball". |
| Nepali | टमाटर (tamatar) comes from the Portuguese tomate meaning "golden apple." |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "tomat" also refers to plants other than the tomato, such as the nightshade plant or the fruit of the love apple plant. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, the word "tomato" can also be used to refer to a type of small, wild fruit. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "رومي" (tomato) derives from the Persian word "روم" (Greek), possibly due to the spread of tomatoes from Greece to Persia and subsequently to Pashto-speaking regions. |
| Persian | The word گوجه فرنگی comes from the Persian words گوجه (goojeh) meaning "small ball" and فرنگی (farangi) meaning "foreign", referring to the tomato's round shape and its introduction to Persia by European traders. |
| Polish | In Polish, pomidor derives from the Proto-Slavic word for "golden apple" and originally referred to yellow tomatoes. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "tomate" can also refer to the fruit of the eggplant plant (Solanum melongena). |
| Punjabi | 'ਟਮਾਟਰ' is derived from the Spanish word 'tomate', which in turn comes from the Nahuatl word 'tomatl'. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "roșie" comes from the Proto-Slavic word "čьrvenъ" meaning "red", as tomatoes were once primarily cultivated for their decorative value due to their bright red color. |
| Russian | The Russian word “помидор” ultimately derives from the Nahuatl word “tomatl” via French and Italian. |
| Samoan | In Samoan, the word 'tamato' can also be translated to mean 'foreign man', 'stranger' or 'husband'. |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scots Gaelic, "tomato" is derived from the Nahuatl word "tomatl", meaning "swollen fruit". |
| Serbian | In Bulgarian, the word "парадајз" originally meant "apple of paradise" (райска ябълка." рай- "paradise", ябълка - "apple". |
| Sesotho | The word 'tamati' is derived from the Nahuatl word 'tomatl', meaning 'plump fruit'. |
| Shona | In Shona, 'tomato' is also called 'doro', meaning 'foreign fruit'. |
| Sindhi | "ٽماٽا" is a loan word that likely entered the language through Gujarati or Urdu. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "තක්කාලි" is derived from the Portuguese word "tomate", which in turn comes from the Nahuatl word "tomatl". |
| Slovak | Paradajka, similar to the Czech word "rajčata," derives from the Spanish "tomate" and the Mayan term "tomatl." |
| Slovenian | "Paradižnik" is probably derived from the Slavic word "paradajz" or "perada" meaning "apple". |
| Somali | Somali word "yaanyo" may originally mean "what is hot" or "what burns". |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "tomate" is derived from the Nahuatl word "tomatl", meaning "plump fruit". |
| Sundanese | The word "tomat" in Sundanese is derived from Sanskrit and originally meant "the fruit of the love tree." |
| Swahili | The Swahili word 'nyanya' also refers to a mother or aunt. |
| Swedish | The alternate Swedish spelling "tomat" is a result of linguistic regularization as Swedish does not feature the letter "o" after consonants (unless the second vowel is also "o"). |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Tagalog, "kamatis" can also refer to various types of fruits, including bell peppers and eggplants, due to their similar appearance to tomatoes. |
| Tajik | In Tajik, "помидор" was originally borrowed from Russian as "помидор". However, its meaning has shifted over time to also refer to the "apple" fruit. |
| Tamil | The word "தக்காளி" is derived from the Portuguese word "tomate" and originally meant "wolf peach" because it was believed to be poisonous. |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "టమోటా" is derived from the Spanish "tomate", which ultimately comes from the Nahuatl word "tomatl" meaning "plump fruit". |
| Thai | The word "มะเขือเทศ" is a compound of the words "มะเขือ" (eggplant) and "เทศ" (foreign), which refers to the fact that the tomato was introduced to Thailand from abroad. |
| Turkish | The word "domates" is derived from the Nahuatl word "tomatl," meaning "plump or swollen fruit." |
| Ukrainian | In Ukrainian, "помідор" also means "love apple" and is derived from the Italian "pomo d'oro" (golden apple). |
| Urdu | The word "ٹماٹر" is derived from the Aztec word "tomatl", which means "plump fruit" and was originally used to describe a different type of fruit. |
| Uzbek | The word "pomidor" is derived from the Italian word "pomo d'oro," which means "golden apple." |
| Vietnamese | "Cà chua" is a Sino-Vietnamese word, meaning "eggplant" in Chinese and "tomato" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | In Welsh, the word "tomato" can also mean "love apple" or "poison apple". |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, "itumato" shares its root with "ithamo," meaning "gourd," suggesting a connection between tomatoes and gourds in the language's history. |
| Yiddish | The word "פּאָמידאָר" in Yiddish is derived from the Italian word "pomodoro", which means "apple of love". |
| Yoruba | The word 'tomati' also means 'firecracker' in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word for "tomato," "utamatisi," shares its root word with the word for "cucumber," "itamatisi," suggesting a common origin. |
| English | The word 'tomato' comes from the Nahuatl word 'tomatl', which means 'plump fruit'. |