EuroLex/F/Aubergine
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- Original language: French
- Original form and meaning: aubergine - 1. eggplant, 2. fruit of the eggplant
(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)
| Language | Form | Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) | Current Meaning and Status | Earlier Meanings and Statusses | Source |
| Catalan | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Croatian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Czech | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Danish | aubergine | ... | 'meaning 1 & 2' | '...' | ... |
| Dutch | aubergine | ... | 'meaning 1 & 2' | '...' | ... |
| English | mainly BrE: aubergine, AmE und AusE: eggplant | plant: 1794
colour: 1895 |
'meaning 1 & 2;and also: a deep purple colour' | '...' | http://www.etymonline.com |
| Estonian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Finnish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| French | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Frisian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| German | plant: Aubergine, and also: Eierfrucht;colour: aubergine | ... | 'meaning 1 & 2,and also: a deep purple colour' | '...' | ... |
| Hungarian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Irish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Italian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Latvian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Lithuanian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Maltese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Norwegian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Polish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Portuguese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Rumantsch | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovak | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovenian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Spanish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Swedish | aubergine,and also: äggplanta | ... | 'meaning 1 & 2' | '...' | ... |
Annotations edit
Etymology: from French "fruit of the eggplant", diminutive of auberge "a kind of peach", from Spanish alberchigo "apricot".
But Klein derives the French from Catalan alberginera, from Arabic al-badinjan "the eggplant," from Persian badin-gan, from Sanskrit vatin-ganah.
Source: http://www.etymonline.com
Information on Other Languages edit
Czech: lilek
Estonian: baklažaan
Hungarian: padlizsán
Italian: melanzana
Latvian: baklažāns
Portuguese: berinjela
Slovak: baklažán
Spanish: berenjena