aubergine
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈoʊbɚʒin/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊbəʒiːn/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun edit
aubergine (plural aubergines)
- (British, Ireland) An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
- (British, Ireland) The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
- A dark purple colour; eggplant.
- aubergine:
Synonyms edit
- See the list at eggplant.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Bislama: obesin
Translations edit
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Danish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
aubergine c (singular definite auberginen, plural indefinite auberginer)
Inflection edit
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | aubergine | auberginen | auberginer | auberginerne |
genitive | aubergines | auberginens | auberginers | auberginernes |
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
aubergine f (plural aubergines, diminutive auberginetje n)
- an aubergine, an eggplant (plant), Solanum melongena
- Hypernym: nachtschade
- the fruit of the eggplant, an aubergine (fruit)
- aubergine, eggplant (color)
Synonyms edit
- boulanger (Suriname)
Further reading edit
- aubergine on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
French edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
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 edit
- 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 edit
- “aubergine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French aubergine.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aubergine c
Declension edit
Declension of aubergine | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | aubergine | auberginen | auberginer | auberginerna |
Genitive | aubergines | auberginens | auberginers | auberginernas |