aubergine

B2 Topic:Food & Drink

US /ˈoʊ.bɚ.ʒin/ UK /ˈəʊ.bə.ʒiːn/ See IPA manual

Freq #51473

Meanings

1

noun
A large vegetable with smooth, shiny dark purple skin, eaten cooked.

He grilled slices of aubergine for the salad.
2

noun
A dark purple color.

She painted the bedroom walls a deep aubergine.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a large vegetable with... eggplant

Word family

Forms aubergines

Derived forms auberginey

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.

aubergine French albergínia ca باذنجان Arabic بَادِنْجَان fa-cls वातिङ्गण Sanskrit *waẓVtV dra-pro

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# aubergine

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈoʊ.bɚ.ʒin/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈəʊ.bə.ʒiːn/
**Frequency rank:** 51473

## Meanings
1. A large vegetable with smooth, shiny dark purple skin, eaten cooked.
2. A dark purple color.

## Examples
- He grilled slices of aubergine for the salad.
- She painted the bedroom walls a deep aubergine.

## Derived Forms
- auberginey

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: aubergine
- Root: albergínia
- Root: باذنجان
- Root: بَادِنْجَان
- Root: वातिङ्गण
- Root: *waẓVtV

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Aubergine is an 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. The historical line also includes Arabic باذنجان.

## Topics
- Food & Drink

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