aubergine
An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white…An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
» Aubergine and cheese makes a great vegetarian meal.
Баклажан із сиром — це чудова вегетаріанська страва.
Meaning
3 senses(Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable)An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
(Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable)The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
(countable, uncountable)A dark purple colour; eggplant.
тёмнофиолетовыйtjómnofioletovyj, баклажа́новыйbaklažánovyj
- egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow
- hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
Examples
12 sentencesAubergine and cheese makes a great vegetarian meal.
Баклажан із сиром — це чудова вегетаріанська страва.
The aubergine is bitter.
Баклажан гіркий.
ruБаклажан горький.
The aubergine was excellent.
Баклажан був відмінний.
deDie Aubergine war vorzüglich.
The aubergine is a vegetable.
Баклажан — овоч.
deDie Aubergine ist ein Gemüse.
I love aubergine.
Я обожнюю баклажани.
ruЯ люблю баклажаны.
deIch mag Auberginen.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Unadapted borrowing from French aubergine, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنUnadapted 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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Forms
plural: aubergines| Singular | aubergine |
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Synonyms
7 synonyms- egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow:eggplantmad apple
- hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable:eggplantbrinjaleggplant bushgarden eggmad appleSolanum melongena
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable