# aubergine
## English
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French aubergine, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “the aubergine”), from Persian بادنجان (bâdenjân), from باتنجان (bâtenjân), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātigagama, “the plant that cures the wind”), cognate with Malayalam വഴുതന (vaḻutana). Doublet of brinjal.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈoʊbɚʒin/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈəʊbəʒiːn/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (Standard Southern British) IPA: /ˈoːbəʒɪjn/

### Noun

aubergine (countable and uncountable, plural aubergines)
* (British, Ireland) An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
* (British, Ireland) The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
* A dark purple colour; eggplant.
    aubergine:

#### Synonyms

* See the list at eggplant.

#### Derived terms

* auberginey

#### Descendants

* Bislama: obesin

#### Translations
## Danish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French aubergine, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “the eggplant”), from Classical Persian بادنجان (bâdenjân), from باتنجان (bâtenjân), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātigagama, “eggplant”, literally “the plant that cures the wind”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /obɛrsjiːnə/, [ob̥æɐ̯ˈɕiːn̩], [ob̥æɐ̯ˈɕiːne], [ob̥æɐ̯ˈɕinː]

### Noun

aubergine c (singular definite auberginen, plural indefinite auberginer)
* eggplant, aubergine (fruit, plant, color)

#### Inflection
## Dutch
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French aubergine, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “the eggplant”), from Classical Persian بادنجان (bâdenjân), from باتنجان (bâtenjân), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātigagama, “eggplant”, literally “the plant that cures the wind”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌoːbɛrˈʒin(ə)/, /ˌoːbərˈʒin(ə)/, /ˌɑu̯/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: au‧ber‧gi‧ne
* Rhymes: -inə

### Noun

aubergine f (plural aubergines, diminutive auberginetje n)
* an aubergine, an eggplant (plant), Solanum melongena
    Hypernym: nachtschade
* the fruit of the eggplant, an aubergine (fruit)
* aubergine, eggplant (color)

#### Synonyms

* boulanger (Suriname)

### Further reading

* aubergine on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “the eggplant”), from Classical Persian بَادِنْگَان (bādingān), from بَاتِنْگَان (bātingān), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātigagama, “eggplant”, literally “the plant that cures the wind”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /o.bɛʁ.ʒin/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

aubergine f (plural aubergines)
* eggplant; aubergine
    Synonym: (Louisiana) brème
* (historical) a French female traffic warden (from the colour of their uniforms; more recently pervenche)

#### Descendants

* Haitian Creole: berejèn
* → Breton: berjinezenn
* → Chadian Arabic: برزين (barzīn)
* → Danish: aubergine
* → Dutch: aubergine
* → English: aubergine
** Bislama: obesin
* → German: Aubergine
* → Limburgish: oberzjien
* → Lower Sorbian: oberžina
* → Luxembourgish: Aubergine
* → Manx: auberjeen
* → Norman: aubèrginne
* → North Frisian: aubergine
* → Norwegian: aubergine
* → Occitan: aubergina
* → Picard: oubàrjine
* → Piedmontese: obergin-a
* → Polish: oberżyna
* → Romansch: oberschina
* → Scots: aubergine
* → Swedish: aubergin
* → Walloon: åberdjene
* → West Frisian: auberzjine

### Further reading

* “aubergine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* aubergin

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French aubergine.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔbɛrˈɕɪn/, /ɔbɛrˈɕiːn/

### Noun

aubergine c
* eggplant, aubergine (fruit, plant, color)
    Synonyms: äggplanta, äggört

#### Declension
### References

* aubergine in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* aubergine in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* Svensk MeSH