eggplant

Signification (Anglais)

1. The plant Solanum melongena.
2. The edible fruit of the Solanum melongena: an aubergine.
3. A dark purple color, like that of the skin of this fruit.
4. (slang) A black person (used mainly by Italian-Americans).
5. A 180 backside rotated invert in which the front hand is planted on the lip of the halfpipe wall

Concepts

aubergine

mélongène

aubergine africaine

mérangène

bringelle

albergine

ambergine

beringène

bringèle

bréhéme

marignan

mayenne

melanzane

mélongine

méringeane

verinjeane

viadase

aubergine douce

solanum melongena

Mayenne

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɛɡ.plænt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From egg + plant, originally applied only to the white-colored, egg-shaped variety.