蕃茄

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 蕃茄 – see 番茄 (“tomato; chilli pepper”).
(This term, 蕃茄, is a variant form of 番茄.)

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
蕃 茄
Jinmeiyō Jinmeiyō
Irregular

Borrowed from English tomato. The kanji are ateji (当て字), from the Chinese word for tomato.

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

蕃茄 (katakana トマト, rōmaji tomato)

  1. (rare) Alternative spelling of トマト: tomato (fruit)
Usage notes

The kanji spelling for tomato is exceedingly rare.

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
蕃 茄
ばん
Jinmeiyō		 か
Jinmeiyō
kan’yōon

Given the history of when tomatoes were introduced to the far east, probably from late-middle or early-modern Cantonese 蕃茄. Compare the modern Cantonese reading of faan1 ke4.

Pronunciation

Noun

蕃茄 (hiragana ばんか, rōmaji banka)

  1. (rare) tomato (fruit)
Usage notes

This term has been superseded in modern Japanese by the English-derived トマト (tomato).

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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