aubergine

Borrowed from French aubergine, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان‎ (al-bāḏinjān, “the eggplant”), from Persian بادنجان‎ (bâdenjân), from باتنجان‎ (bâtenjân), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātiga-gama, “eggplant”). Doublet of brinjal.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊ.bɚ.ʒin/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊ.bə.ʒiːn/

aubergine (plural aubergines)

1. (Britain) an Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit
2. (Britain) the fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable
3. a dark purple colour; eggplant.

   aubergine colour:  

• See the list at eggplant.

• auberginey

• Bislama: obesin

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

aubergine c (singular definite auberginen, plural indefinite auberginer)

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

Borrowed from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان‎ (al-bāḏinjān), the eggplant, from Persian بادنگان‎ (bâdengân), from باتنگان‎ (bâtengân), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātiga-gama, “eggplant”).

• IPA^(key): /o.bɛʁ.ʒin/

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aubergine f (plural aubergines)

1. eggplant, aubergine.
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
• → Polish: oberżyna
• → Romansch: oberschina
• → Scots: aubergine
• → Swedish: aubergin, aubergine
• → Walloon: åberdjene
• → West Frisian: auberzjine

• “aubergine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Borrowed from French aubergine.

• IPA^(key): /ɔbɛrˈɕɪn/, /ɔbɛrˈɕiːn/

aubergine c

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

• aubergin

• äggplanta
• äggört