aubergine
/ˈoʊ.bɚ.ʒin/noun
aubergine is spelled A-U-B-E-R-G-I-N-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,714th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, aubergine means “An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of aubergine is aubergines.
How many letters and syllables are in aubergine?
| Letters | 9: A-U-B-E-R-G-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 58,714th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is aubergine?
Aubergine appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,714th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce aubergine?
- UK /ˈəʊ.bə.ʒiːn/
- US /ˈoʊ.bɚ.ʒin/
- /ɔbə(r).(d)ʒin/
Aubergine has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-aubergine.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of aubergine
- aubergines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does aubergine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
IrelandUKAn Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
- 2
IrelandUKThe fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
- 3
A dark purple colour; eggplant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does aubergine come from?
Unadapted borrowing from French aubergine, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “the aubergine”), from Classical Persian بَادِنْجَان (bādinjān), from بَاتِنْگَان (bātingān), from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa, “the plant that cures the wind”), from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV. Cognate with Malayalam വഴുതനങ്ങ (vaḻutanaṅṅa)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).