AUBERGINE


Meaning of AUBERGINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈō-bər-ˌzhēn ]

noun

Etymology: French, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic al-bādhinjān the eggplant, ultimately from Middle Indo-Aryan * vātiñjaṇa-, vātiṅgaṇa-

Date: 1794

1. chiefly British : eggplant 1

2. : eggplant 2

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