melongena

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Latin

Etymology

Medieval Latin, compare Italian melanzana. From Byzantine Greek μελιτζάνα (melitzána), from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), from Classical Persian (bādinjān).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /meː.lonˈɡeː.na/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.lonˈd͡ʒe.na/,

Noun

mēlongēna f (genitive mēlongēnae); first declension

(Medieval Latin) aubergine

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mēlongēna	mēlongēnae
genitive	mēlongēnae	mēlongēnārum
dative	mēlongēnae	mēlongēnīs
accusative	mēlongēnam	mēlongēnās
ablative	mēlongēnā	mēlongēnīs
vocative	mēlongēna	mēlongēnae

Descendants

→ French: mélongène
- → English: melongene

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