Phrase guide

cherry tomato

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A type of small tomato, the cultivar Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cherry tom

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tomato

2

noun

Meaning 2

small red to yellow tomatoes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tomato

Narrower terms: plum tomato

3

noun

Meaning 3

plant bearing small red to yellow fruit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Lycopersicon esculentum cerasiforme

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tomato, love apple, tomato plant, Lycopersicon esculentum

Narrower terms: plum tomato

History

Etymology

From its resemblance to a cherry.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: че́ри дома́т (čéri domát) — a type of small tomato
  • Catalan: cirerol — a type of small tomato
  • Catalan: tomàquet cherry — a type of small tomato
  • Catalan: tomaca cherry — a type of small tomato
  • Chinese Cantonese: 車厘茄 /车厘茄 (ce1 lei4 ke2) — a type of small tomato
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聖女果 /圣女果 (shèngnǚguǒ) — a type of small tomato
  • Chinese Mandarin: 櫻桃番茄 /樱桃番茄 (yīngtáo fānqiě) — a type of small tomato
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小番茄 (xiǎo fānqiě) — a type of small tomato
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小西紅柿 /小西红柿 (xiǎo xīhóngshì) — a type of small tomato
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聖女番茄 /圣女番茄 (shèngnǚ fānqiě) — a type of small tomato
  • Estonian: kirsstomat — a type of small tomato
  • Finnish: kirsikkatomaatti — a type of small tomato
  • French: tomate cerise — a type of small tomato
  • German: Kirschtomate — a type of small tomato
  • Greek: ντοματίνι (ntomatíni) — a type of small tomato
  • Hebrew: עַגְבָנִיַּת שֶׁרִי (agvaniyát shéri) — a type of small tomato
  • Hungarian: koktélparadicsom — a type of small tomato
  • Italian: pomodorino — a type of small tomato
  • Italian: pomodoro ciliegino — a type of small tomato
  • Korean: 방울토마토 (bang'ultomato) — a type of small tomato
  • Maltese: tadam zgħir — a type of small tomato
  • Polish: pomidorek koktajlowy — a type of small tomato
  • Portuguese: tomate-cereja — a type of small tomato
  • Russian: тома́т че́рри (tomát čérri) — a type of small tomato
  • Russian: помидо́р че́рри (pomidór čérri) — a type of small tomato
  • Russian: че́рри (čérri) — a type of small tomato
  • Slovene: češnjev paradižnik — a type of small tomato
  • Slovene: paradižnik češnjevec — a type of small tomato
  • Spanish: tomate cherry — a type of small tomato
  • Spanish: tomate cereza — a type of small tomato
  • Swedish: körsbärstomat — a type of small tomato
  • Turkish: kiraz domates — a type of small tomato
  • Turkish: çeri domates — a type of small tomato
  • Vietnamese: cà chua bi — a type of small tomato
  • Welsh: tomato bach melys — a type of small tomato