eggplant
The plant Solanum melongena or its edible fruitThe plant Solanum melongena or its edible fruit; an aubergine.
» I love eggplant.
Ich liebe Auberginen.
Я люблю баклажаны.
Я обожнюю баклажани.
Meaning
4 senses(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Philippines, US, countable, uncountable)The plant Solanum melongena or its edible fruit; an aubergine.
Aubergine, Eierpflanze, Eierfrucht
баклажа́нbaklažán, баклажа́нbaklažán, си́ненькийsínenʹkij
баклажа́нbaklažán, баклажа́нbaklažán
(Canada, US, countable, uncountable)A dark purple color, like that of the skin of this fruit.
egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow
(US, countable, derogatory, offensive, slang, uncountable)A black person; used mainly by Italian-Americans.
(countable, uncountable)A 180 backside rotated invert in which the front hand is planted on the lip of the halfpipe wall.
Examples
37 sentencesI love eggplant.
Я обожнюю баклажани.
ruЯ люблю баклажаны.
deIch liebe Auberginen.
You don't get eggplants from a gourd vine.
ruНельзя вырастить баклажаны на тыквенной лозе.
Tom doesn't like eggplant.
ruТом не любит баклажаны.
The eggplant was delicious.
deDie Aubergine war deliziös.
Tom likes eggplant.
ruТом любит баклажаны.
Translations
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Origin
From egg + plant, originally applied only to the white-colored, egg-shaped variety. ComparFrom egg + plant, originally applied only to the white-colored, egg-shaped variety. Compare Dutch and Afrikaans eierplant (“eggplant”), German Eierpflanze (“eggplant”), Swedish äggplanta (“eggplant”). Compare also Afrikaans eiervrug (“eggplant”, literally “egg-fruit”), Icelandic eggaldin (“eggplant”, literally “egg-fruit”).
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Forms
plural: eggplantsSynonyms
12 synonyms- egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow:auberginemad apple
- hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable:auberginebrinjaleggplant bushgarden eggmad appleSolanum melongena
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable