Meaning and background
The story behind Tomato
Tomato is an ordinary English food word for the juicy fruit eaten raw or cooked in savoury dishes. The English word entered through European forms ultimately connected with Nahuatl tomatl. British and American speakers often pronounce the middle vowel differently, so even this familiar food name can sound different when called aloud. That history is lexical, not a personal-name derivation.
- Meaning
- The juicy fruit of the tomato plant, commonly eaten as a vegetable; the English word ultimately derives from Nahuatl tomatl. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Tomato appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/təmeɪtoʊ/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the second syllable in the recorded US readings.
Other dictionary readings and notation
/təmeɪtoʊ/ · primary stress on syllable 2T AH0 M EY1 T OW2
/təmɑtoʊ/ · primary stress on syllable 2T AH0 M AA1 T OW2
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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