German

Noun

Aubergine f ‎(genitive Aubergine, plural Auberginen)

1. aubergine, eggplant (plant, vegetable, herb)

Declension

Synonyms

• (plant): Eierpflanze
• (fruit): Eierfrucht

Derived terms

• aubergine
• auberginefarben

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowing from French aubergine.

Noun

Aubergine f ‎(plural Auberginnen)

1. aubergine

English

an aubergine

Noun

aubergine ‎(plural aubergines)

1. (Britain) an Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit
2. (Britain) the fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable
3. a dark purple colour; eggplant.

   aubergine colour:

Synonyms

• see the list in the entry eggplant

Translations

Danish

aubergine

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /obɛrsjiːnə/, [ob̥æɐ̯ˈɕiːn̩], [ob̥æɐ̯ˈɕiːne], [ob̥æɐ̯ˈɕinː]

Noun

aubergine c (singular definite auberginen, plural indefinite auberginer)

1. eggplant, aubergine (fruit, plant, color)

Inflection

French

Etymology

Borrowing from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان ‎(al-bāḏinjān), the eggplant, from Persian بادنگان ‎(bâdengân), from باتنگان ‎(bâtengân), from Sanskrit वातिगगम ‎(vātiga-gama, “eggplant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.bɛʁ.ʒin/

Noun

aubergine f ‎(plural aubergines)

1. eggplant, aubergine.
2. (historical) A French female traffic warden (from the colour of their uniforms; more recently pervenche).

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowing from French aubergine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔbɛrˈɕɪn/, /ɔbɛrˈɕiːn/

Noun

aubergine c

1. eggplant, aubergine (fruit, plant, color)

Alternative forms

• aubergin

Synonyms

• äggplanta
• äggört