aubergine

Unadapted borrowing from French aubergine, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “the aubergine”), from Persian بادنجان (bâdenjân), from باتنجان (bâtenjân), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātigagama, “the plant that cures the wind”), cognate with Malayalam വഴുതന (vaḻutana). Doublet of brinjal.

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

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aubergine (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 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 Persian بادنجان (bâdenjân), from باتنجان (bâtenjân), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātigagama, “eggplant”, literally “the plant that cures the wind”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌoːbɛrˈʒinə/, /ˌoːbərˈʒinə/

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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 Persian بادنگان (bâdengân), from باتنگان (bâtengân), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātigagama, “eggplant”, literally “the plant that cures the wind”).

• IPA^(key): /o.bɛʁ.ʒin/

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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)

• Haitian Creole: berejèn
• → Breton: berjinezenn
• → Danish: aubergine
• → Dutch: aubergine
• → English: aubergine
  • Bislama: obesin
• → German: Aubergine
• → Limburgish: oberzjien
• → Lower Sorbian: oberžina
• → Luxembourgish: Aubergine
• → Manx: auberjeen
• → Norman: aubèrginne
• → North Frisian: aubergine
• → Norwegian: aubergine
• → Occitan: aubergina
• → Picard: oubàrjine
• → Piedmontese: obergin-a
• → Polish: oberżyna
• → Romansch: oberschina
• → Scots: aubergine
• → Swedish: aubergin, aubergine
• → Walloon: åberdjene
• → West Frisian: auberzjine

• “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.