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aubergine

noun (aubergine, aubergines); adjective (aubergine — colour)

«aubergine» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

(UK, Ireland) A vegetable with smooth, shiny, dark purple skin and soft white flesh; in the USA, Canada and Australia it is called eggplant. tree →
A dark purple colour. tree →
(rude, adult slang) a rude word grown-ups use; not for school. tree →

In the lessons

In food lessons and cooking: moussaka, ratatouille and baba ghanoush use aubergine.

Examples

We roasted aubergine for dinner. tree →
Moussaka is made with aubergine. tree →
My nan grows aubergines in her greenhouse. tree →
Her coat was a lovely aubergine colour. tree →
In America they call it eggplant. tree →
Aubergine soaks up a lot of oil. tree →

Note

UK/Ireland: aubergine (from French); US/Canada/Australia/NZ: eggplant. Said «OH-ber-zheen». Countable for the vegetable, uncountable as food.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «aubergine» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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