Definitions for aubergine

aubergine au·ber·gine

Spelling: [oh-ber-zheen, -jeen, oh-ber-; oh-ber-zheen, -
IPA: /ˈoʊ bərˌʒin, -ˌdʒin, ˈoʊ bɛr-; ˌoʊ bərˈʒin, -ˈdʒin, ˌoʊ bɛr-/

Aubergine is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 403 anagrams from letters in aubergine (abeeginru).

Definitions for aubergine

noun

  1. Chiefly British. eggplant.
  2. a dark purplish color.

Origin of aubergine

1785-95; French Catalan albargínia Arabic al the + bādhinjān eggplant Persian bādingān perhaps Indo-Aryan; compare Sanskrit vātiṅgaṇaḥ

Examples for aubergine

A gold base deeply chiselled in wave-diaper and overrun with a paste of aubergine purple is the most pleasing.

Supported on pedestals fashioned as tree trunks, on which there is a vase in aubergine and a bird in green and white.

Near the base is the figure of a man ploughing the rice field, with a water buffalo, in aubergine and yellow.

The covers reticulated with design of hawthorn and branches; the stems in aubergine on green and rouge de fer.

The armour is in green with yellow edgings, belt, &c.; the under-garments in aubergine, and black boots.

“Hillary also looked beautiful in that aubergine dress,” he said.

The handles are formed as dolphins; the head of each is in aubergine, the back in rouge de fer, and the body in yellow.

All the trappings, including saddle and saddle-cloth, in green and aubergine.

The spouts are seen issuing from monster heads, the latter in aubergine, the former in brilliant yellow.

Three colours:—green, a curious shade; yellow, varying from pale to bright; aubergine, also varying in tone.

Word Value for aubergine
Scrable

0

Words with friends

16

Similar words for aubergine
Word of the day