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Meaning of Eggplant | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

ˈɛɡ.plænt

Definitions

The plant Solanum melongena or its edible fruit; an aubergine.
Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, Philippines, US, countable, uncountable
A dark purple color, like that of the skin of this fruit.
Canada, US, countable, uncountable
A black person; used mainly by Italian-Americans.
US, countable, derogatory, offensive, slang, uncountable
A 180 backside rotated invert in which the front hand is planted on the lip of the halfpipe wall.
countable, uncountable

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العربية أنب الباذنجان باتنجان بَادِنْجَان باذنجان حيصل

Azərbaycanca badımcan бадымҹан

Беларуская баклажан

Български патладжан

বাংলা বেগুন

Bosanski melancana patlidžan меланцана патлиџан

Català albergínia alberginiera

Čeština baklažán lilek lilek vejcoplodý patlažán

Cymraeg planhigyn wy wylys

Dansk aubergine

Deutsch Aubergine Eierfrucht Eierpflanze Melanzani

Ελληνικά μελιτζάνα μελιτζανής μελιτζανί μελιτζανί παπουτσάκι παπούτσι

Esperanto melongeno

Español berenjena

Eesti baklažaan

فارسی باتنگان بادنجان بادنگان

Suomi munakoiso

Français aubergine

Gaeilge ubhthoradh

Galego berenxena

ગુજરાતી રીંગણ વેંગણ

עברית חציל

हिन्दी बतिया बैंगन भण्टा

Hrvatski melancana patlidžan меланцана патлиџан

Magyar padlizsán

Հայերեն բադրիջան սմբուկ

Bahasa Indonesia terong terung

Íslenska eggaldin

Italiano melanzana

日本語なすなすび茄茄子

ქართული ბადრიჯანი

Қазақша баялды

ខ្មែរ ក្រាមរមាស ខ្មួរ ត្រប់

ಕನ್ನಡ ಗುಂಡು ಬದನೆಗಿಡ ನೆಲಗುಳ್ಳ ಬದನೆ ಬಿಳಿಬದನೆ

한국어 茄 가지 가지색

Kurdî badincan ça ça

Latina melongena

Lëtzebuergesch Aubergine

ລາວ ເຂືອຫຳມ້າ

Lietuvių baklažanas

Latviešu baklažāns

Malagasy baranjely

Македонски патлиџан

മലയാളം വഴുതന വഴുതനങ്ങ

Монгол хаш

मराठी वांगे

Bahasa Melayu terung

Malti brunġiel

မြန်မာဘာသာ ခရမ်း ခရမ်းသီး

नेपाली बैजनी

Nederlands aubergine boulanger eierplant eiervrucht

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਬਤਾਊਂ ਬੈਂਗਣ

Polski bakłażan bakłażanowy oberżyna

پښتو بانجان

Português beringela berinjela

Română vânătă

Русский бадриджа́н баклажан бубриджа́н синенький

سنڌي واڱڻ

Slovenčina ľuľok

Slovenščina jajčevec

Shqip patëllxhan

Српски melancana patlidžan меланцана патлиџан

Svenska äggplanta aubergine

Kiswahili bilingani mbilingani

தமிழ் கத்தரி கத்தரிக்காய் கத்திரி கத்திரிக்காய்

తెలుగు వంకాయ వంగ

Тоҷикӣ бодинҷон боқлаҷон

ไทย มะเขือ

Türkmençe badamjan

Tagalog talong

Türkçe badincan patlıcan

ئۇيغۇرچە پەتىنگان چەيزە

Українська баклажан синенький

اردو بیگن بینجن بینگن

Oʻzbekcha baqlajon

Tiếng Việt ca cà dái dê cà tím

Examples

“Some fun meatless recipes include jackfruit sandwiches in place of pulled pork; black bean meatless balls or eggplant and shiitake “meatballs.””

“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.”

“"Why am I not surprised?" This was the limit. "You know, I'm black enough for his family to yell eggplant-this and nigger-that at me," she said.”

“What else can he do? But Hopper continues his riff. "Sicilians still carry that nigger gene . . . Your ancestors are niggers. You're part eggplant."”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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