boulanger

== English == === Etymology === From Surinamese Dutch boulanger, from French beringène, from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), from Persian بادنجان (bâdenjân). Doublet of aubergine. === Noun === boulanger (plural boulangers) (Guyana) Eggplant; aubergine. For quotations using this term, see Citations:boulanger. == Dutch == === Etymology === Pseudo-Gallicism, from French beringène, from Spanish berenjena, from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), from Persian بادنجان (bâdenjân). Compare Antilles French bélangère (“aubergine”) and Antillean Creole bélanjè (“aubergine”). Doublet of aubergine. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bu.lɑn.ʒeː/, [bu.lɑ̃.ʒeː] (Netherlands), [bu.lɑ̃.ʃeːi̯], [bu.lɑ̃.ʃeː] (Suriname) Hyphenation: bou‧lan‧ger === Noun === boulanger m (plural boulangers, diminutive boulangertje n) (Suriname) Solanum melongena; eggplant, aubergine === References === == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French boulanger, from Old French boulanger, bolengier (“baker”), from Picard Old French boulenc (“bun-maker, bread-maker”), of Germanic origin, from Low Frankish *bollā (“bun”) + -enc (“-ing”), from Frankish *-ing (“-ing”), from Proto-Germanic *-ingaz (“-ing”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bu.lɑ̃.ʒe/ === Noun === boulanger m (plural boulangers, feminine boulangère) baker ==== Derived terms ==== boulangerie robot boulanger === Verb === boulanger (rare) to prepare and bake bread ==== Conjugation ==== This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written boulange- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger. === Further reading === “boulanger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012