eggplant
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eggplant
- /ˈɛɡ.plænt/
- /-plɑːnt/
Where it comes from
From egg + plant, originally applied only to the white-colored, egg-shaped variety. Compare Dutch and Afrikaans eierplant (“eggplant”), German Eierpflanze (“eggplant”), Swedish äggplanta (“eggplant”). Compare also Afrikaans eiervrug (“eggplant”, literally “egg-fruit”), Icelandic eggaldin (“eggplant”, literally “egg-fruit”).
noun eggplants · egg-plant
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The plant Solanum melongena or its edible fruit; an aubergine.
Some fun meatless recipes include jackfruit sandwiches in place of pulled pork; black bean meatless balls or eggplant and shiitake “meatballs.”
Similar: aubergine, brinjal, baingan, brown jolly, baigan, bhaigan, bangun, melongene
- A dark purple color, like that of the skin of this fruit.
- A black person; used mainly by Italian-Americans. Hey. Yeah. And, and your great-great-great-great grandmother fucked a nigger, ho, ho, yeah, and she had a half-nigger kid… now, if that's a fact, tell me, am I lying? 'Cause you, you're part eggplant.
- A 180 backside rotated invert in which the front hand is planted on the lip of the halfpipe wall.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: brinjal, aubergine, garden egg, eggplant bush, mad apple, solanum melongena, unpeeled, egg-plant, pea eggplant, scarlet eggplant, melongene, wild eggplant, susumber, solanum, turkey berry, maloga bean
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noun plant
| Español | berenjena |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 가지 gaji |
| 日本語 | 茄子 nasu, ナス nasu |
| 中文 | 茄子 qiézi |
| हिन्दी | बैंगन baiṅgan, बतिया batiyā, भण्टा bhaṇṭā |
| Kiswahili | mbilingani |
| Português | beringela |
| Français | aubergine |
| Deutsch | Aubergine, Eierpflanze, Eierfrucht |
| Italiano | melanzana |
| Ελληνικά | μελιτζάνα melitzána |
| Română | vânătă |
| Русский | баклажа́н baklažán |
| Tiếng Việt | cà |
| العربية | بَاذِنْجَان bāḏinjān, بَادِنْجَان bādinjān, بَاتِنْجَان bātinjān |
| עברית | חָצִיל khatsíl |
noun edible fruit
| Español | berenjena |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 가지 gaji |
| 日本語 | 茄子 nasu, ナス nasu, なすび nasubi |
| 中文 | 茄子 qiézi, 酪酥 làosū, luòsū |
| हिन्दी | बैंगन baiṅgan, बतिया batiyā, भण्टा bhaṇṭā |
| Kiswahili | bilingani |
| Português | beringela, berinjela |
| Français | aubergine |
| Deutsch | Aubergine, Eierfrucht |
| Italiano | melanzana |
| Ελληνικά | μελιτζάνα melitzána |
| Română | vânătă |
| Русский | баклажа́н baklažán, си́ненький sínenʹkij, бадриджа́н badridžán, бубриджа́н bubridžán |
| Tiếng Việt | cà tím |
| العربية | بَاذِنْجَان bāḏinjān |
| עברית | חָצִיל khatsíl |
noun color
| 한국어 | 가지색 gajisaek |
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title = {eggplant},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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