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eggplant

egg·plant
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [eg-plant, -plahnt]
    • /ˈɛgˌplænt, -ˌplɑnt/
    • /ˈeɡ.plɑːnt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [eg-plant, -plahnt]
    • /ˈɛgˌplænt, -ˌplɑnt/

Definitions of eggplant word

  • noun eggplant a plant, Solanum melongena esculentum, of the nightshade family, cultivated for its edible, dark-purple or occasionally white or yellow fruit. 1
  • noun eggplant the fruit of this plant used as a table vegetable. 1
  • noun eggplant a blackish purple color; aubergine. 1
  • noun eggplant The large egg-shaped fruit of an Old World plant, eaten as a vegetable. Its skin is typically dark purple, but the skin of certain cultivated varieties is white or yellow. 1
  • noun eggplant purple-skinned vegetable 1
  • noun eggplant dark purple colour 1

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Origin of eggplant

First appearance:

before 1760
One of the 46% newest English words
First recorded in 1760-70; egg1 + plant

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Parts of speech for Eggplant

noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

eggplant popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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