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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024au•ber•gine (ō′bər zhēn′, -jēn′, ō′ber-; ō′bər zhēn′, -jēn′, ō′ber-),USA pronunciation n. - British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]eggplant.
- British Termsa dark purplish color.
- Indo-Aryan; compare Sanskrit vātiṅgaṇaḥ
- Persian bādingān perh.
- Arabic al the + bādhinjān eggplant
- Catalan albargínia
- French
- 1785–95
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: aubergine /ˈəʊbəˌʒiːn/ n - a tropical Old World solanaceous plant, Solanum melongena, widely cultivated for its egg-shaped typically dark purple fruit
US, Canadian, and Australian name: eggplant - the fruit of this plant, which is cooked and eaten as a vegetable
- a dark purple colour
- (as adjective): an aubergine dress
Etymology: 18th Century: from French, from Catalan alberginia, from Arabic al-bādindjān, ultimately from Sanskrit vatin-ganah, of obscure origin |