# tomatillo
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tomatillo, diminutive of tomate (“tomato”), ultimately from Classical Nahuatl tomatl.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌtɑməˈtiːjoʊ/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

tomatillo (plural tomatillos or tomatilloes)
* A plant of the nightshade family originating in Mexico, Physalis philadelphica, cultivated for its tomato-like green to green-purple fruit surrounded by a thin papery skin.

#### See also

* uchuva

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Spanish tomatillo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtomɑtilːo/, [ˈt̪o̞mɑ̝ˌt̪ilːo̞]
* Rhymes: -ilːo
* Hyphenation: to‧ma‧til‧lo

### Noun

tomatillo
* tomatillo, Physalis philadelphica

#### Declension

Possessive forms of tomatillo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tomatilloni
tomatilloni
accusative
nom.
tomatilloni
tomatilloni
gen.
tomatilloni
genitive
tomatilloni
tomatillojeni
partitive
tomatilloani
tomatillojani
inessive
tomatillossani
tomatilloissani
elative
tomatillostani
tomatilloistani
illative
tomatillooni
tomatilloihini
adessive
tomatillollani
tomatilloillani
ablative
tomatilloltani
tomatilloiltani
allative
tomatillolleni
tomatilloilleni
essive
tomatillonani
tomatilloinani
translative
tomatillokseni
tomatilloikseni
abessive
tomatillottani
tomatilloittani
instructive
comitative
—tomatilloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tomatillosi
tomatillosi
accusative
nom.
tomatillosi
tomatillosi
gen.
tomatillosi
genitive
tomatillosi
tomatillojesi
partitive
tomatilloasi
tomatillojasi
inessive
tomatillossasi
tomatilloissasi
elative
tomatillostasi
tomatilloistasi
illative
tomatilloosi
tomatilloihisi
adessive
tomatillollasi
tomatilloillasi
ablative
tomatilloltasi
tomatilloiltasi
allative
tomatillollesi
tomatilloillesi
essive
tomatillonasi
tomatilloinasi
translative
tomatilloksesi
tomatilloiksesi
abessive
tomatillottasi
tomatilloittasi
instructive
comitative
—tomatilloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tomatillomme
tomatillomme
accusative
nom.
tomatillomme
tomatillomme
gen.
tomatillomme
genitive
tomatillomme
tomatillojemme
partitive
tomatilloamme
tomatillojamme
inessive
tomatillossamme
tomatilloissamme
elative
tomatillostamme
tomatilloistamme
illative
tomatilloomme
tomatilloihimme
adessive
tomatillollamme
tomatilloillamme
ablative
tomatilloltamme
tomatilloiltamme
allative
tomatillollemme
tomatilloillemme
essive
tomatillonamme
tomatilloinamme
translative
tomatilloksemme
tomatilloiksemme
abessive
tomatillottamme
tomatilloittamme
instructive
comitative
—tomatilloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tomatillonne
tomatillonne
accusative
nom.
tomatillonne
tomatillonne
gen.
tomatillonne
genitive
tomatillonne
tomatillojenne
partitive
tomatilloanne
tomatillojanne
inessive
tomatillossanne
tomatilloissanne
elative
tomatillostanne
tomatilloistanne
illative
tomatilloonne
tomatilloihinne
adessive
tomatillollanne
tomatilloillanne
ablative
tomatilloltanne
tomatilloiltanne
allative
tomatillollenne
tomatilloillenne
essive
tomatillonanne
tomatilloinanne
translative
tomatilloksenne
tomatilloiksenne
abessive
tomatillottanne
tomatilloittanne
instructive
comitative
—tomatilloinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tomatillonsa
tomatillonsa
accusative
nom.
tomatillonsa
tomatillonsa
gen.
tomatillonsa
genitive
tomatillonsa
tomatillojensa
partitive
tomatilloaan tomatilloansa
tomatillojaan tomatillojansa
inessive
tomatillossaan tomatillossansa
tomatilloissaan tomatilloissansa
elative
tomatillostaan tomatillostansa
tomatilloistaan tomatilloistansa
illative
tomatilloonsa
tomatilloihinsa
adessive
tomatillollaan tomatillollansa
tomatilloillaan tomatilloillansa
ablative
tomatilloltaan tomatilloltansa
tomatilloiltaan tomatilloiltansa
allative
tomatillolleen tomatillollensa
tomatilloilleen tomatilloillensa
essive
tomatillonaan tomatillonansa
tomatilloinaan tomatilloinansa
translative
tomatillokseen tomatilloksensa
tomatilloikseen tomatilloiksensa
abessive
tomatillottaan tomatillottansa
tomatilloittaan tomatilloittansa
instructive
comitative
—tomatilloineen tomatilloinensa :

#### Hypernyms

* lyhtykoiso

#### Derived terms

* meksikontomatillo

## Spanish
### Etymology

From tomate +‎ -illo, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tomaˈtiʝo/ [t̪o.maˈt̪i.ʝo]
* IPA: (most of Spain and Latin America) /tomaˈtiʝo/ [t̪o.maˈt̪i.ʝo]
* IPA: (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /tomaˈtiʎo/ [t̪o.maˈt̪i.ʎo]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /tomaˈtiʃo/ [t̪o.maˈt̪i.ʃo]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tomaˈtiʒo/ [t̪o.maˈt̪i.ʒo]
* Rhymes: -iʝo
* Rhymes: -iʝo
* Rhymes: -iʎo
* Rhymes: -iʃo
* Rhymes: -iʒo
* Syllabification: to‧ma‧ti‧llo

### Noun

tomatillo m (plural tomatillos)
* tomatillo (fruit vegetable)
* diminutive of tomate
    Synonym: tomatito

### Further reading

* “tomatillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10