Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

melongene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: me-l-on-gene
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An aubergine; an eggplant.

Example Sentences

"After all, most Trinidadians only have a limited knowledge to cook melongene: we either stew it, fry it, roast it, or curry it, and serve it with rice or roti."
"Melongene grows best in soil which is rich in organic matter."

Etymology

Borrowed from French mélongène, from Medieval Latin melongena, Italian melanzana, from Greek μελιτζάνα (melitzána), from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “eggplant”), from Classical Persian بادنگان (bādingān), from باتنگان (bātingān), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātiga-gama, “eggplant”). Doublet of aubergine, brinjal, and malidzano.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: melongena, melanzana, μελιτζάνα, باذنجان, بادنگان, वातिगगम

Inflected Forms

melongenes (plural)

Synonyms

the list in the entry eggplant

Questions

What does melongene mean?: An aubergine; an eggplant.
Where does melongene come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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