aubergine

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French aubergine, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “the aubergine”), from Classical Persian بَادِنْجَان (bādinjān), from بَاتِنْگَان (bātingān), from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa, “the plant that cures the wind”), from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV. Cognate with Malayalam വഴുതനങ്ങ (vaḻutanaṅṅa), Hindi बैंगन (baiṅgan). Doublet of brinjal, malidzano, and melongene. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊ.bə.ʒiːn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈoʊ.bɚ.ʒin/, enPR: ō'bər-ʒēn enPR: ô'bər-ʒēn, ô'bər-d͡ʒēn (South Asia) IPA(key): /ɔbə(r).(d)ʒin/ === Noun === aubergine (countable and uncountable, plural aubergines) (UK, Ireland) An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant. (UK, Ireland) The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable. A dark purple colour; eggplant. ==== Synonyms ==== See the list at eggplant. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Bislama: obesin ==== Translations ==== == Danish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French aubergine, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “the eggplant”), from Classical Persian بادنجان (bâdenjân), from باتنجان (bâtenjân), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātigagama, “eggplant”, literally “the plant that cures the wind”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /obɛrsjiːnə/, [ob̥æɐ̯ˈɕiːn̩], [ob̥æɐ̯ˈɕiːne], [ob̥æɐ̯ˈɕinː] === Noun === aubergine c (singular definite auberginen, plural indefinite auberginer) eggplant, aubergine (fruit, plant, color) ==== Inflection ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French aubergine, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “the eggplant”), from Classical Persian بادنجان (bâdenjân), from باتنجان (bâtenjân), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātigagama, “eggplant”, literally “the plant that cures the wind”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌoːbɛrˈʒin(ə)/, /ˌoːbərˈʒin(ə)/, /ˌɑu̯-/ Hyphenation: au‧ber‧gi‧ne Rhymes: -inə, -in === Noun === aubergine f (plural aubergines, diminutive auberginetje n) an aubergine, an eggplant (plant), Solanum melongena Hypernym: nachtschade the fruit of the eggplant, an aubergine (fruit) ==== Synonyms ==== boulanger (Suriname) ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === aubergine n (uncountable, no diminutive) aubergine, eggplant (color) ==== Derived terms ==== === Adjective === aubergine (not comparable) having the color aubergine ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === aubergine on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “the eggplant”), from Classical Persian بَادِنْگَان (bādingān), from بَاتِنْگَان (bātingān), from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa, “eggplant”), from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /o.bɛʁ.ʒin/ === Noun === aubergine f (plural aubergines) eggplant; aubergine Synonym: (Louisiana) brème (historical) a French female traffic warden (from the colour of their uniforms; more recently pervenche) ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “aubergine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Swedish == === Alternative forms === aubergin === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French aubergine. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔbɛrˈɕɪn/, /ɔbɛrˈɕiːn/ === Noun === aubergine c eggplant, aubergine (fruit, plant, color) Synonyms: äggplanta, äggört ==== Declension ==== === References === “aubergine”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “aubergine”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Svensk MeSH