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la tomate
tomato
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How do you say tomate in French?
How do you pronounce tomate in French?
tomate is pronounced /la tɔmat/ in French.
Example sentences
La tomate rouge que j'ai achetée est très juteuse.
The red tomato that I bought is very juicy.
Cette tomate locale est meilleure que celle importée.
This local tomato is better than the imported one.
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Why is it feminine?
Tomate is feminine in French. The word derives from Spanish "tomate," which comes from Nahuatl (Aztec) "tomatl." When French borrowed this word, it was assigned feminine gender, likely influenced by the feminine ending "-e" that is characteristic of many French feminine nouns. However, there is no universal rule determining why borrowed words receive particular genders—the assignment is ultimately conventional rather than rule-based.
What is the French word for tomato?
The French word for tomato is la tomate — feminine.
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