Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aubergine

/ˈoʊ.bɚ.ʒin/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.41 in modern English

Syllables
aubergine
IPA
/ˈoʊ.bɚ.ʒin/
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

A dark purple colour; eggplant.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtVder. Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa)bor. Classical Persian بَاذِنْگَان (bāzingān)bor. Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān)bor. Catalan albergíniabor. French auberginebor. English aubergine Unadapted borrowing from French aubergine, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “the aubergine”), from Classical Persian بَادِنْجَان (bādinjān), from بَاتِنْگَان (bātingān), from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa, “the plant that cures the wind”), from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV. Cognate with Malayalam വഴുതനങ്ങ (vaḻutanaṅṅa), Hindi बैंगन (baiṅgan). Doublet of brinjal, malidzano, and melongene.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: albergínia, باذنجان, بَادِنْجَان, वातिङ्गण, *waẓVtV

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈoʊ.bɚ.ʒin/
  • British English: /ˈəʊ.bə.ʒiːn/

Usage

Inflected Forms

aubergines (plural)

Derived Forms

auberginey

Synonyms

the list at eggplant eggplant mad apple brinjal eggplant bush garden egg solanum melongena

Questions

How do you pronounce aubergine?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈoʊ.bɚ.ʒin/.
What does aubergine mean?
An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
Where does aubergine come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

How to pronounce aubergine

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “aubergine”.
  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/ˈoʊ.bɚ.ʒin/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
  3. Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “aubergine”.
  4. Repeat and practice — Say “aubergine” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.