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aubergine

See also: Aubergine

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtVder.
Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa)bor.
Classical Persian بَاذِنْگَان (bāzingān)bor.
Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān)bor.
Catalan albergíniabor.
French auberginebor.
English 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, malidzano, and melongene.

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    enPR: ô'bər-ʒēn, ô'bər-d͡ʒēn

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    aubergine (countable and uncountable, plural aubergines)

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

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    • Bislama: obesin

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    Danish

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    Etymology

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      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”).

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

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      aubergine c (singular definite auberginen, plural indefinite auberginer)

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

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      Declension of aubergine
      common
      gender       		singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative aubergine auberginen auberginer auberginerne
      genitive aubergines auberginens auberginers auberginernes

      Dutch

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      Etymology

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        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”).

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        • IPA(key): /ˌoːbɛrˈʒin(ə)/, /ˌoːbərˈʒin(ə)/, /ˌɑu̯-/
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        • Hyphenation: au‧ber‧gi‧ne
        • Rhymes: -inə, -in

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        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)

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        Noun

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        aubergine n (uncountable, no diminutive)

        1. aubergine, eggplant (color)

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        Adjective

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        aubergine (not comparable)

        1. having the color aubergine

        Declension

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        Declension of aubergine
        uninflected aubergine
        inflected aubergine
        comparative —
        positive
        predicative/adverbial aubergine
        indefinite m./f. sing. aubergine
        n. sing. aubergine
        plural aubergine
        definite aubergine
        partitive aubergines

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        French

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        Etymology

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          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.

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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)

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          Swedish

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          en aubergine

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          Etymology

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            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”).

            Pronunciation

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            • IPA(key): /ɔbɛrˈɕɪn/, /ɔbɛrˈɕiːn/

            Noun

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            aubergine c

            1. eggplant, aubergine (fruit, plant, color)
              Synonyms: äggplanta, äggört

            Declension

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            Declension of aubergine
            nominative genitive
            singular indefinite aubergine aubergines
            definite auberginen auberginens
            plural indefinite auberginer auberginers
            definite auberginerna auberginernas

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