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aubergine

noun

au·​ber·​gine ˈō-bər-ˌzhēn How to pronounce aubergine (audio)
1
chiefly British : eggplant sense 1
2

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Kourtney Kardashian wore black, aubergine and red tips at this year’s Oscars, Grammys and her May nuptials, respectively. Amber Kallor, WSJ, 20 July 2022 Jemima Jones and Lucy Carr-Ellison are former models who run Wild by Tart and Tart London: a restaurant and catering company frequented by those in fashion and the arts as much as punters in love with their aubergine and cashew satay. Clare Finney, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2022 Lunch was 170g chicken breast with 130g broccoli and lots of other vegetables like aubergine, courgette, peppers and cherry tomatoes. Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 24 Feb. 2022 His paintings were everything but: His work is peopled with folks of every imaginable hue, from indigo to fuchsia to chartreuse and aubergine, a literal rainbow coalition. BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2021 The first small gallery, its walls cloaked in dark aubergine, shimmers in low light with the bleak resonance of a disturbed tomb. BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2021 What’s not to like about an extraordinary platform bearing nine Alberto Giacometti bronze sculptures, luxuriously displayed before a wall painted luscious aubergine? Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2021 Lacquer in shades of aubergine; bronzes of all sorts; copper, silver and gold accessories. Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 4 June 2021 Queen Elizabeth, who turns 95 next week, followed the procession in her gleaming aubergine Bentley, not at the head of it, which would have been customary for a sovereign. BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

1775, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of aubergine was in 1775

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