tomatillo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tomatillo from Classical Nahuatl tomatl.

Noun

tomatillo (plural tomatillos or tomatilloes)

  1. A fruit of the genus Physalis, resembling the tomato but surrounded by a thin papery skin.

Spanish

Etymology

From tomate +‎ -illo, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl.

Pronunciation
  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /tomaˈtiʎo/, [t̪omaˈt̪iʎo]
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /tomaˈtiɟ͡ʝo/, [t̪omaˈt̪iʝo]

Noun

tomatillo m (plural tomatillos)

  1. tomatillo (fruit vegetable)
  2. diminutive of tomate
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