aubergine

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.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊbɚʒin/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊbəʒiːn/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊbəʒɪjn/

aubergine (countable and uncountable, plural aubergines)

1. (British, Ireland) An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
2. (British, Ireland) The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
3. A dark purple colour; eggplant.

   aubergine:  

• See the list at eggplant.

• auberginey

• Bislama: obesin

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”).

• IPA^(key): /obɛrsjiːnə/, [ob̥æɐ̯ˈɕiːn̩], [ob̥æɐ̯ˈɕiːne], [ob̥æɐ̯ˈɕinː]

aubergine c (singular definite auberginen, plural indefinite auberginer)

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

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌoːbɛrˈʒin(ə)/, /ˌoːbərˈʒin(ə)/, /ˌɑu̯/

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• Hyphenation: au‧ber‧gi‧ne
• Rhymes: -inə

aubergine f (plural aubergines, diminutive auberginetje n)

1. an aubergine, an eggplant (plant), Solanum melongena

   Hypernym: nachtschade

2. the fruit of the eggplant, an aubergine (fruit)
3. aubergine, eggplant (color)

• boulanger (Suriname)

• aubergine on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

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.

• IPA^(key): /o.bɛʁ.ʒin/

• Audio:

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aubergine f (plural aubergines)

1. eggplant; aubergine

   Synonym: (Louisiana) brème

2. (historical) a French female traffic warden (from the colour of their uniforms; more recently pervenche)

• “aubergine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• aubergin

Unadapted borrowing from French aubergine.

• IPA^(key): /ɔbɛrˈɕɪn/, /ɔbɛrˈɕiːn/

aubergine c

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

   Synonyms: äggplanta, äggört

• aubergine in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• aubergine in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH