How to say “tomato” around the world

184 languages · 184 in their own spelling

Tomato, tomate and томат come from the Aztecs’ Nahuatl tomatl, spread by Spanish. Italian went its own way: pomodoro, “golden apple”.

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Dots of one colour begin with a similar sound. Colours group words by the class of their first consonant (a sound-class method used in linguistics): words that begin alike share a colour. This shows resemblance, not common origin — proving relationship needs case-by-case comparison. Readable forms come from Wiktionary translation tables; many smaller languages come from the ASJP word lists, in ASJP’s simplified transcription.

Language	Word	Romanization	Family
Chinese	西红柿	xīhóngshì	Sino-Tibetan
English	tomato		Indo-European
Spanish	tomate		Indo-European
Hindi	टमाटर	ṭamāṭar	Indo-European
Arabic	بَنْدُورَة	bandūra	Afro-Asiatic
Bengali	টমেটো	ṭomeṭo	Indo-European
Indonesian	tomat		Austronesian
Portuguese	tomate		Indo-European
French	tomate		Indo-European
Russian	помидо́р	pomidór	Indo-European
Japanese	トマト	tomato	Japonic
Marathi	टोमॅटो	ṭomĕṭo	Indo-European
Swahili	nyanya		Atlantic-Congo
Turkish	domates		Turkic
Telugu	మొలక్కాయ	molakkāya	Dravidian
Wu Chinese	番茄		Sino-Tibetan
Korean	토마토	tomato	Koreanic
German	Tomate		Indo-European
Vietnamese	cà chua		Austroasiatic
Tamil	தக்காளி	takkāḷi	Dravidian
Cantonese	番茄		Sino-Tibetan
Urdu	ٹَماٹَر	ṭamāṭar	Indo-European
Italian	pomodoro		Indo-European
Egyptian Arabic	قوطة	ʔūṭa	Afro-Asiatic
Gujarati	ટમેટું	ṭameṭũ	Indo-European
Western Farsi	گُوْجِهفَرَنْگی	gowje-farangi	Indo-European
Min Nan Chinese	柑仔蜜	kam-á-bi̍t	Sino-Tibetan
Hakka Chinese	番茄	fân-khiò	Sino-Tibetan
Jinyu Chinese	西红柿	xi¹ hung¹ si³	Sino-Tibetan
Kannada	ಟೊಮಾಟೋ	ṭomāṭō	Dravidian
Polish	pomidor		Indo-European
Yoruba	tòmátì		Atlantic-Congo
Xiang Chinese	番茄	fan¹ jie²	Sino-Tibetan
Malayalam	തക്കാളി	takkāḷi	Dravidian
Odia	ଟମାଟୋ	ṭamāṭo	Indo-European
Burmese	ခရမ်းချင်သီး	hka.ram:hkyangsi:	Sino-Tibetan
Moroccan Arabic	ماطيشة	maṭīša	Afro-Asiatic
Ukrainian	помідо́р	pomidór	Indo-European
Uzbek	pomidor		Turkic
Romanian	roșie		Indo-European
Dutch	tomaat		Indo-European
Gan Chinese	番茄		Sino-Tibetan
Amharic	ቲማቲም	timatim	Afro-Asiatic
Thai	มะเขือเทศ	má-kʉ̌ʉa-têet	Tai-Kadai
Lingala	tomati		Atlantic-Congo
Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian	пара̀дајз		Indo-European
Khmer	ប៉េងប៉ោះ	peeng pɑh	Austroasiatic
Turkmen	pomidor		Turkic
Assamese	বিলাহী	bilahi	Indo-European
Sinhala	තක්කාලි	takkāli	Indo-European
Greek	ντομάτα	ntomáta	Indo-European
Kurdish	bacanê sor		Indo-European
Tajik	помидор	pomidor	Indo-European
Kazakh	помидор	pomıydor	Turkic
Hungarian	paradicsom		Uralic
Nyanja	phwetekere		Atlantic-Congo
Southern Pashto	رومي	rūmi	Indo-European
Czech	rajče		Indo-European
Uighur	پەمىدۇر	pemidur	Turkic
Afrikaans	tamatie		Indo-European
Min Dong Chinese	番柿	huăng-kê	Sino-Tibetan
Haitian	tomat		Indo-European
Dari	سُرْخِ بَادِمْجَان	surx-i bādimjān	Indo-European
Swedish	tomat		Indo-European
Azerbaijani	pomidor		Turkic
Bulgarian	дома́т	domát	Indo-European
Xhosa	itumata		Atlantic-Congo
Belarusian	памідо́р	pamidór	Indo-European
Tigrinya	ኮሚደረ	komidärä	Afro-Asiatic
Neapolitan	pummarola		Indo-European
Central Kurdish	تەماتە	temate	Indo-European
Tumbuka	mpwetekele		Atlantic-Congo
Kashmiri	رُوانٛگُن	ruvāngun	Indo-European
Danish	tomat		Indo-European
Slovak	paradajka		Indo-European
Southern Sotho	tamati		Atlantic-Congo
Finnish	tomaatti		Uralic
Lao	ໝາກເດັ່ນ	māk den	Tai-Kadai
Norwegian	tomat		Indo-European
Tatar	помидор	pomidor	Turkic
Catalan	tomàquet		Indo-European
Sicilian	pumadoru		Indo-European
Kirghiz	помидор	pomidor	Turkic
Armenian	լոլիկ	lolik	Indo-European
Lithuanian	pomidoras		Indo-European
Tok Pisin	tomato		Indo-European
Lombard	tomàtes		Indo-European
Georgian	პამიდორი	ṗamidori	Kartvelian
Albanian	domate		Indo-European
Mongolian	улаан лооль	ulaan loolʹ	Mongolic-Khitan
Galician	tomate		Indo-European
Slovenian	paradižnik		Indo-European
Bouyei	legridt		Tai-Kadai
Esperanto	tomato		Artificial Language
Kʼicheʼ	pix		Mayan
Macedonian	домат	domat	Indo-European
Piedmontese	tomatica		Indo-European
Venetian	pomidoro		Indo-European
Zhuang	makyungz		Tai-Kadai
Kabardian	бэдрэжан	bɛdrɛžan	Abkhaz-Adyge
Limburgan	temmaod		Indo-European
Latvian	tomāts		Indo-European
Quechua	chilltu		Quechuan
Chechen	адамат	adamat	Nakh-Daghestanian
Estonian	tomat		Uralic
Bashkir	помидор	pomidor	Turkic
Western Frisian	tomaat		Indo-European
Kalmyk	адамч	adamç	Mongolic-Khitan
Chuvash	помидор	pomidor	Turkic
Welsh	tomato		Indo-European
Lü	ᦖᦱᧅᦵᦃᦲᦉᦳᧄᧉ	ṁaakẋoeṡum²	Tai-Kadai
Morisyen	tomat		Indo-European
Walloon	tomate		Indo-European
Kara-Kalpak	pomidor		Turkic
Adyghe	цугу	cʷugʷu	Abkhaz-Adyge
Maltese	tadam		Afro-Asiatic
Crimean Tatar	domatis		Turkic
Occitan	tomata		Indo-European
Ligurian	tomata		Indo-European
Mari	помидор	pomidor	Uralic
Asturian	tomate		Indo-European
Yakut	помидор	pomidor	Turkic
Samoan	tamato		Austronesian
Sranan Tongo	tomati		Indo-European
Ingush	фомдар	fomdar	Nakh-Daghestanian
Icelandic	tómatur		Indo-European
Karachay-Balkar	помидор	pomidor	Turkic
Tuvinian	помидор	pomidor	Turkic
Plautdietsch	Bockelzhonn		Indo-European
Laz	ბალუჯაღი	balucaği	Kartvelian
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	ܛܵܡܵܛܵܐ	ṭamaṭa	Afro-Asiatic
Māori	tōmato		Austronesian
Abkhaz	апаҭырџьан	apʼatərdžan	Abkhaz-Adyge
Central Dusun	tamatus		Austronesian
Navajo	chʼil łichxíʼí		Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit
Lak	помидор	pomidor	Nakh-Daghestanian
Gagauz	tomat		Turkic
Irish	tráta		Indo-European
Ladino	tomat		Indo-European
Aromanian	tumatã		Indo-European
Breton	tomatez tomatezenn		Indo-European
Seselwa Creole French	tomat		Indo-European
Zapotec	bichooxhe		Otomanguean
Faroese	tomat		Indo-European
Scottish Gaelic	tomàto		Indo-European
Southern Altai	помидор	pomidor	Turkic
Dungan	сызы	sɨzɨ	Sino-Tibetan
Romansh	tomata		Indo-European
Tlaxcala-Puebla-Central Nahuatl	xihtomatl		Uto-Aztecan
Hawaiian	ʻōhiʻa haole		Austronesian
North Saami	tomáhtta		Uralic
Mirandese	tomate		Indo-European
Svan	პა̈მიდორ	ṗämidor	Kartvelian
Cherokee	ᏔᎹᏟ	tamatli	Iroquoian
Northern Frisian	Tomaat		Indo-European
Lakota	uŋžíŋžiŋtka		Siouan
Interlingua	tomate		Artificial Language
Pipil	tumat		Uto-Aztecan
Taos Northern Tiwa	tumą̀tiʼína		Kiowa-Tanoan
Cornish	aval kerensa		Indo-European
Lishana Deni	בנגׄאנא סמוקתא	banjāna smuqta	Afro-Asiatic
Bobangi	tomati		Atlantic-Congo
Banjar	balinjan		Austronesian
Min Bei Chinese	番柿	huáing-kī	Sino-Tibetan
Saterland Frisian	Tomoate		Indo-European
Kalaallisut	tomati		Eskimo-Aleut
Hebrew	עַגְבָנִיָּה	agvaniyá	Afro-Asiatic
Hunsrik	Tomatt		Indo-European
Low German	Tomaat		Indo-European
Moselle Franconian	Tomat		Indo-European
Malagasy	voatabia		Austronesian
Malay	rangam		Austronesian
Western Mari	помидор	pomidor	Uralic
Central Huasteca Nahuatl	tomatl		Uto-Aztecan
Classical Nahuatl	xitomatl		Uto-Aztecan
Iron Ossetian	пъамидор	p’amidor	Indo-European
Eastern Panjabi	ਟਮਾਟਰ	ṭamāṭar	Indo-European
Sardinian	tomata		Indo-European
Tagalog	kamatis		Austronesian
Uab Meto	kauliman		Austronesian
Unami	skikopëlësh		Algic
Ho-Chunk	wažąširiširik		Siouan
Wolof	tamaate		Atlantic-Congo
Yiddish	פּאָמידאָר	pomidor	Indo-European