aubergine

See also: Aubergine

English

An aubergine

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Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

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:  

Synonyms

• See the list at eggplant.

Derived terms

• auberginey

Descendants

• Bislama: obesin

Translations

eggplant — see eggplant

a dark purple colour

• Bengali: বেগুন (bn) (begun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 茄紫色 (qiézǐsè), 紅紫色／红紫色 (hóngzǐsè)

• Greek: μελιτζανί (el) n (melitzaní)
• Hindi: बैंगनी (hi) ? (baiṅgnī)
• Malay: terung ungu
• Persian: بادنجانی (bâdanjâni)
• Polish: ciemnofioletowy (pl) m,bakłażanowy (pl) m
• Russian: тёмнофиолетовый m (tjómnofioletovyj), баклажа́новый (ru) m (baklažánovyj) (цвет)
• Urdu: بینگنی ? (baiṅganī)
• Zazaki: baincan

Danish

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

aubergine c (singular definite auberginen, plural indefinite auberginer)

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

Inflection

Declension of aubergine

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

Dutch

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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

Noun

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)

Synonyms

• boulanger (Suriname)

Further reading

• aubergine on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

French

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.bɛʁ.ʒin/

• Audio:

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Noun

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)

Descendants

• 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

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

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

   Synonyms: äggplanta, äggört

Declension

Declension of aubergine
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	aubergine	auberginen	auberginer	auberginerna
Genitive	aubergines	auberginens	auberginers	auberginernas

Further reading

• aubergine in Svensk ordbok.