Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
tomate olive
English translation:
plum tomato
Added to glossary by
Clive Jones
Feb 8, 2006 16:11
20 yrs ago
French term
French and Spanish to English in NYC
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tomate olive
Hi all,
Is a "tomate olive" just a variety of tomato that is the size of a cherry tomato but more oblong in shape (like an olive)?
Merci à l'avance !
Is a "tomate olive" just a variety of tomato that is the size of a cherry tomato but more oblong in shape (like an olive)?
Merci à l'avance !
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | plum tomato |
Clive Jones
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| 4 +2 | grape tomato |
Denise DeVries
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| 4 | olive-shaped tomatoes |
Martin Wenzel
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Proposed translations
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8 mins
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plum tomato
Have a look at the website shown below. There's a picture and the Latin name. Looks like a plum tomato to me!
Peer comment(s):
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Claire Cox
: maybe baby plum tomato to convey the size aspect
2 mins
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| disagree |
Martin Wenzel
: plum tomatoes are bigger, the size of a plum
2 mins
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Depends on the size of a plum!
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| agree |
Enza Longo
: also called roma - but this is definitely it in my opinion
9 mins
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| agree |
Rachel Fell
: or maybe miniature plum - see tomate olive jaune here, 10-20 gr each http://www.bonplant.fr/pages/bonres.htm# - your pic. shows Roma
1 hr
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "merci bien !"
4 mins
Martin Wenzel
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Germany
Never lost in translation
Native in: German 
, English
Works in: English to German, German to English, French to English, and 4 more.
olive-shaped tomatoes
There is cherry tomatoes, normally you say plum-shaped, olive-shaped etc.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Enza Longo
: this may be what they look like but I've never heard them being referred to as such
15 mins
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+2
48 mins
Denise DeVries
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
linguaphile
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, Italian to English, and 1 more.
grape tomato
These are as small as cherry tomatoes but shaped like plum tomatoes, the size and shape of an olive.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Rachel Vanarsdall
: this is what I thought of also - but the ones I have eaten are a bit smaller than a cherry tomato
37 mins
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| agree |
sktrans
8 hrs
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