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Latin
Etymology
Medieval Latin, compare Italian melanzana. From Byzantine Greek μελιτζάνα (melitzána), from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), from Classical Persian بادنجان (bādinjān).
Pronunciation
Noun
mēlongēna f (genitive mēlongēnae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin) aubergine
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants