tomato – English noun declension

English noun forms of tomato

Noun: tomato
Singulartomato
Pluraltomatoes

Sample Sentences

  • He was chopping a tomato to put in the salad.
  • He was eating a tomato when his boss called him.
  • In common parlance tomatoes are vegetables, as the Supreme Court observed long ago [see Nix v. Hedden 149 U.S. 304, 307, 13 S.Ct. 881, 882, 37 L.Ed. 745 (1893)], although botanically speaking they are actually a fruit. [26 Encyclopedia Americana 832 (Int'l. ed. 1981)]. Regardless of classification, people have been enjoying tomatoes for centuries; even Mr. Pickwick, as Dickens relates, ate his chops in "tomata" sauce. [1990, JSG Trading Corp. v. Tray-Wrap, Inc., 917 F.2d 75 (2d Cir. 1990)]
  • Deborah Harry, the New Wave goddess, is finally admitting -- after all the peroxide and posturing of the 1970's and 80's -- that she's really just a tomato (her word) from Paterson […]. [1999 April 4, Frank Decaro, “No Longer the Punch-Line State”, in The New York Times, section 9, page 1:]
  • When she left the room, I asked Robert, “Who's the tomato?” “Marisa. She's from Mexico.” He had a telltale smile on his face. [2008, Denny Durbin, Lazy Enchiladas: Redefining Success: Tasty Lessons on Love, Life, & Relationships, Bodega Publishing, →ISBN, page 13:]
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  • That shirt makes you look like such a glorious tomato.
  • “Who's the tomato?” a cop said as Evie walked past. “Her? She's the stiff's niece,” another cop answered. [2020, Libba Bray, The King of Crows, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, →ISBN:]
  • When did this happen last, a tomato he's hardly met going to so much trouble? Ever? [2025, Thomas Pynchon, Shadow Ticket, Jonathan Cape, page 19:]

Etymology

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

Verbs referencing "tomato"

Italian Nouns tomato, Dutch Nouns tomaat.