aubergine

See also Aubergine

English

Wikipedia

an aubergine

Etymology

Borrowing from French aubergine, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic الباذِنْجان (al-baðinjān), the eggplant, from Persian بادنگان (bâdengân), from باتنگان (bâtengân), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātiga-gama, “eggplant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈəʊ.bə.ʒiːn/, X-SAMPA: /"@U.b@.Zi:n/

Noun

aubergine (plural aubergines)

1. (UK) an Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit
2. (UK) the fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable
3. a dark purple colour; eggplant.

   aubergine colour:

Synonyms

• (plant): brinjal, eggplant (North America, Australia)
• (fruit): eggplant (North America, Australia, New Zealand)
• (fruit): melongene (United Kingdom)

Translations

eggplant — see eggplant

a dark purple colour

• Armenian: բադրիջան (hy) (badrijan), սմբուկ (hy) (smbuk)
• Bengali: বেগুন (bn)
• Greek: μελιτζανί (el) (melitzaní) n
• Hindi: बैंगनी (hi) (baiṅganī)
• Malay: terung ungu (ms)
• Polish: ciemnofioletowy (pl),bakłażanowy (pl)

• Russian: тёмнофиолетовый (ru) (tjomnofiolétovyj), баклажановый (ru) (baklažánovyj) (цвет)
• Urdu: بینگنی (ur) (baiṅganī)

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Danish

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aubergine

Pronunciation

• IPA: /obɛrsjiːnə/, [ob̥æɐ̯ˈɕiːn̩], [ob̥æɐ̯ˈɕiːne], [ob̥æɐ̯ˈɕinː]

Noun

aubergine c (singular definite auberginen, plural indefinite auberginer)

1. eggplant, aubergine (fruit, plant, color)

Inflection

    Inflection of aubergine

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	aubergine	auberginen	auberginer	auberginerne
genitive	aubergines	auberginens	auberginers	auberginernes

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French

Etymology

Borrowing from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic الباذِنْجان (al-baðinjān), the eggplant, from Persian بادنگان (bâdengân), from باتنگان (bâtengân), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātiga-gama, “eggplant”).

Noun

aubergine f (plural aubergines)

1. eggplant, aubergine.
2. (historical) A French female traffic warden (from the colour of their uniforms; more recently pervenche).

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Swedish

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Etymology

Borrowing from French aubergine.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɔbɛrˈɕɪn/, /ɔbɛrˈɕiːn/

Noun

aubergine c

1. eggplant, aubergine (fruit, plant, color)

Alternative forms

• aubergin

Synonyms

• äggplanta
• äggört