noun

aubergine

Aubergine (noun) means an Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.

noun

An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.

The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.

A dark purple colour; eggplant.

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Etymology

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.

Rhymes for aubergine

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What is the meaning of aubergine?

"aubergine" (noun) means an Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.

What are the different meanings of aubergine?

"aubergine" has 3 main meanings: 1. An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant; 2. The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable; 3. A dark purple colour; eggplant.