noun · Food & Drink

eggplant

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The meaning (definition) of the word eggplant

a big shiny purple vegetable

The word eggplant used in a sentence

Dad made a yummy dish with eggplant and tomatoes.

The plural of the word eggplant

eggplants

How the word eggplant is said around the world

Frenchaubergine (ohberzheen)
Spanishberenjena (bayrayngkhaynah)
Mandarin茄子 (qié zi)
Hindiबैंगन (benguhn)
Arabicباذنجان (bahtheenjahn)
Russianбаклажан (baklazhan)
Portuguese (EU)beringela (bayreengzheluh)
Portuguese (BR)beringela (bayreengzhela)
Japaneseナス (nasu)
GermanAubergine (ohberzheenuh)
Urduبینگن (baynuhguhn)
Punjabiਬੈਂਗਣ ਦਾ ਪੌਦਾ (benguhn dah pawdah)
Korean가지 (gaji)
Hebrewחָצִיל (khahtseeyl)
Greekμελιτζάνα (melitzana)
Dutchaubergine (uuubuhrgheenuh)
Tagalogtalong (tahlohng)
Vietnamesecà tím (kah teeurm)
Turkishpatlıcan (pahtlujahn)
Persianبادمجان (bahdaymjahn)
Polishbakłażan (bahkwahzhahn)
Ukrainianбаклажан (baklazhan)
Bengaliবেগুন (baygoon)
Swedishäggplanta (egplahntah)
Italianmelanzana (maylahngdzahnah)

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