melongene
melongene noun: an aubergine; an eggplant.
Noun
melongene (plural melongenes)
- An aubergine; an eggplant.
- After all, most Trinidadians only have a limited knowledge to cook melongene: we either stew it, fry it, roast it, or curry it, and serve it with rice or roti.2008 August 23, Felix Padilla, “Moussaka”, in Simply Trini Cooking (blog), archived from the original on 14 Jan 2025
- Melongene grows best in soil which is rich in organic matter.2021, Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries, Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, “Melongene: A Step by Step Process for Home Gardening”, in Grow Trinbago
- Synonyms:
- the list in the entry eggplant
Synonyms of melongene
- the list in the entry eggplant
Forms of melongene
| plural | melongenes |
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Origin of melongene
Borrowed from French mélongène, from Medieval Latin melongena, Italian melanzana, from Greek μελιτζάνα (melitzána), from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “eggplant”), from Classical Persian بادنگان (bādingān), from باتنگان (bātingān), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātiga-gama, “eggplant”). Doublet of aubergine, brinjal, and malidzano.
Questions about melongene
- What does melongene mean?
- Melongene means an aubergine; an eggplant.
- What part of speech is melongene?
- Melongene is a noun.
- What is the plural of melongene?
- The plural of melongene is melongenes.
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