Meanings
plural melongenes
- CaribbeanAn aubergine; an eggplant.
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 Trinbago1 more example
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 2025Synonyms: the list in the entry eggplant
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn aubergine; an eggplant.
Origin
- Sanskritवातिगगम“eggplant”
- Classical Persianبادنگان
- Arabicاَلْبَاذِنْجَان“eggplant”
- Greekμελιτζάνα
- Italianmelanzana
- Medieval Latinmelongena
- Frenchmélongène
- Englishmelongene
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.
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melongene. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/melongene
“melongene.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/melongene. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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