different between aubergine vs courgette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French aubergine, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic ???????????????? (al-b??inj?n, “the eggplant”), from Persian ???????? (bâdenjân), from ???????? (bâtenjân), from Sanskrit ??????? (v?tigagama, “eggplant”, literally “the plant that cures the wind”). Doublet of brinjal.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?o?.b?.?in/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???.b?.?i?n/

Noun

aubergine (plural aubergines)

1. (Britain) An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit.
2. (Britain) The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
3. (color) A dark purple colour; eggplant.

Synonyms

• See the list at eggplant.

Derived terms

• auberginey

Descendants

• Bislama: obesin

Translations

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ob?rsji?n?/, [ob?æ????i?n?], [ob?æ????i?ne], [ob?æ????in?]

Noun

aubergine c (singular definite auberginen, plural indefinite auberginer)

1. eggplant, aubergine (fruit, plant, color)

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French aubergine, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic ???????????????? (al-b??inj?n, “the eggplant”), from Persian ???????? (bâdenjân), from ???????? (bâtenjân), from Sanskrit ??????? (v?tigagama, “eggplant”, literally “the plant that cures the wind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o?b?r??in?/, /?o?b?r-/
• Hyphenation: au?ber?gi?ne
• Rhymes: -in?

Noun

aubergine f (plural aubergines, diminutive auberginetje n)

1. An aubergine, an eggplant (plant), Solanum melongena.
2. The fruit of the eggplant, an aubergine (fruit).
3. Aubergine, eggplant (color).

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic ???????????????? (al-b??inj?n, “the eggplant”), from Persian ???????? (bâdengân), from ???????? (bâtengân), from Sanskrit ??????? (v?tigagama, “eggplant”, literally “the plant that cures the wind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.b??.?in/

Noun

aubergine f (plural aubergines)

1. eggplant; aubergine.

   Synonym: (Louisiana) brème

2. (historical) A French female traffic warden (from the colour of their uniforms; more recently pervenche).

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: berejèn
• ? Breton: berjinezenn
• ? Danish: aubergine
• ? Dutch: aubergine
• ? English: aubergine
  • Bislama: obesin
• ? German: Aubergine
• ? Limburgish: oberzjien
• ? Lower Sorbian: oberžina
• ? Luxembourgish: Aubergine
• ? Manx: auberjeen
• ? Norman: aubèrginne
• ? North Frisian: aubergine
• ? Norwegian: aubergine
• ? Occitan: aubergina
• ? Picard: oubàrjine
• ? Polish: ober?yna
• ? Romansch: oberschina
• ? Scots: aubergine
• ? Swedish: aubergin, aubergine
• ? Walloon: åberdjene
• ? West Frisian: auberzjine

Further reading

• “aubergine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Alternative forms

• aubergin

Etymology

Borrowed from French aubergine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?r???n/, /?b?r??i?n/

Noun

aubergine c

1. eggplant, aubergine (fruit, plant, color)

   Synonyms: äggplanta, äggört

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French courgette, diminutive of courge (“vegetable marrow, marrow squash”). Ultimately a doublet of zucchini through the original Latin cucurbita.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?????t/, /k?????t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?????t/, /k?????t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

courgette (plural courgettes)

1. (Britain, Ireland, New Zealand, uncountable) A particular variety of Cucurbita pepo, a small marrow/squash.
2. (countable, cooking) The edible fruit of this marrow/squash.

Synonyms

• zucchini (Australia, Canada, US)

Translations

See also

• cucumber
• gherkin
• marrow
• pickle
• squash
• zucchini

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French courgette, diminutive formed from courge, ultimately from Latin cucurbita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kur???t/, /?kur???.t?/
• Hyphenation: cour?get?te
• Rhymes: -?t, -?t?

Noun

courgette f (plural courgettes)

1. A courgette, a zucchini (fruit).
2. The courgette plant, a variety of Cucurbita pepo

French

Etymology

courge (“vegetable marrow, marrow squash”) +? -ette

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku?.??t/

Noun

courgette f (plural courgettes)

1. courgette (UK), zucchini (Australia, Canada, US)

Descendants

• ? Dutch: courgette
• ? English: courgette
• ? Portuguese: curgete

Further reading

• “courgette” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).