aubergine
Aubergine (noun) means a plant grown mainly in Asia for its edible egg-shaped fruit, which is usually purple, green or white.
noun
1
A plant grown mainly in Asia for its edible egg-shaped fruit, which is usually purple, green or white.
2
The vegetable produced by this plant.
3
A deep purple colour.
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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 Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV. It is cognate with Malayalam വഴുതനങ്ങ (vaḻutanaṅṅa) and Hindi बैंगन (baiṅgan), and a doublet of brinjal, malidzano and melongene.
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What is the meaning of aubergine?
"aubergine" (noun) means a plant grown mainly in Asia for its edible egg-shaped fruit, which is usually purple, green or white.
What is another word for aubergine?
Other words for "aubergine" include brinjal, eggplant.
What are the different meanings of aubergine?
"aubergine" has 3 main meanings: 1. A plant grown mainly in Asia for its edible egg-shaped fruit, which is usually purple, green or white; 2. The vegetable produced by this plant; 3. A deep purple colour.
