tomatillo
English
Tomatilloes on a table
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tomatillo, diminutive of tomate (“tomato”), ultimately from Classical Nahuatl tomatl.
Noun
tomatillo (plural tomatillos or tomatilloes)
- A plant of the nightshade family originating in Mexico, Physalis philadelphica, cultivated for its tomato-like green to green-purple fruit surrounded by a thin papery skin.
Translations
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtomɑtilːo/, [ˈt̪o̞mɑˌt̪ilːo̞]
- Rhymes: -ilːo
- Syllabification(key): to‧ma‧til‧lo
Declension
| Inflection of tomatillo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tomatillo | tomatillot | |
| genitive | tomatillon | tomatillojen | |
| partitive | tomatilloa | tomatilloja | |
| illative | tomatilloon | tomatilloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tomatillo | tomatillot | |
| accusative | nom. | tomatillo | tomatillot |
| gen. | tomatillon | ||
| genitive | tomatillon | tomatillojen | |
| partitive | tomatilloa | tomatilloja | |
| inessive | tomatillossa | tomatilloissa | |
| elative | tomatillosta | tomatilloista | |
| illative | tomatilloon | tomatilloihin | |
| adessive | tomatillolla | tomatilloilla | |
| ablative | tomatillolta | tomatilloilta | |
| allative | tomatillolle | tomatilloille | |
| essive | tomatillona | tomatilloina | |
| translative | tomatilloksi | tomatilloiksi | |
| instructive | — | tomatilloin | |
| abessive | tomatillotta | tomatilloitta | |
| comitative | — | tomatilloineen | |
| Possessive forms of tomatillo (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | tomatilloni | tomatillomme |
| 2nd person | tomatillosi | tomatillonne |
| 3rd person | tomatillonsa | |
Hypernyms
Derived terms
- meksikontomatillo
Spanish
Etymology
From tomate + -illo, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /tomaˈtiʝo/ [t̪o.maˈt̪i.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /tomaˈtiʎo/ [t̪o.maˈt̪i.ʎo]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tomaˈtiʃo/ [t̪o.maˈt̪i.ʃo]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tomaˈtiʒo/ [t̪o.maˈt̪i.ʒo]
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝo
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎo
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃo
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒo
- Syllabification: to‧ma‧ti‧llo
Further reading
- “tomatillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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