aubergine
2 synonyms for aubergine, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A plant grown mainly in Asia for its edible egg-shaped fruit, which is usually purple, green or white.
Synonyms
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Etymology
An unadapted borrowing from French aubergine, which came 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 P...
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