2007-01-06 12:37:32 · 22 answers · asked by Waldork 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
french word for eggplant.
i think the english call it that too.
2007-01-06 12:42:38 · answer #1 · answered by Joey Joe, yo 5 · 8⤊ 0⤋
Aubergine is the French name of "eggplant". This vegetable is known by its French name in UK as well. Althoug a summer vegetable, it is now found all the year around, grown in greenhouses. There are a few varieties grown in the Mediterranean region:
1- Dark purple round ones (in US and Europe they let them grow as big as grapefruits. Smaller sizes are preferred in the Mediterranean).
2- Dark purple long ones. Size can vary from 20cms. to 40cms.
3- Purple and white streaked ones.
4- Walnut size white ones. In Cyprus these are used for making sweet preserves. A rather delicate and tiresome process but well worth the effort.
2007-01-07 17:20:46 · answer #2 · answered by John R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ha ha, it is an Eggplant, it is called Aubergine because of the color. Aubergine is a color, it is a French word.
2007-01-06 21:06:18 · answer #3 · answered by beachloveric 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
from Wikipedia:
The aubergine, eggplant, or brinjal (Solanum melongena) is a solanaceous plant bearing a fruit of the same name, commonly used as a vegetable in cooking. It is closely related to the tomato and potato and is native to southern India and Sri Lanka. It is an annual plant growing 40 - 150 cm tall (16 in - 57 in), often spiny, with large coarsely lobed leaves 10-20 cm long and 5-10 cm broad. The flowers are white to purple, with a five-lobed corolla and yellow stamens. The fruit is a fleshy berry, less than 3 cm in diameter on wild plants, but much larger in cultivated forms. The fruit contains numerous small, soft seeds. (Semi-)wild types can grow much larger, to 225 cm (84 in.) with large leaves over 30 cm long and 15 cm broad.
2007-01-06 21:22:47 · answer #4 · answered by cjw333 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's a vegetable, eggplant in english and aubergine in french
it's like a squash but violet and bigger sometimes
you can cut it into thin layers and fry it
or you can make baba-ghannouj with it
or ratatouille (french dish)
it's used in mediterranean cooking a lot
2007-01-07 04:24:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's an eggplant. aubergine is also an adjective. It means eggplant colored.
2007-01-07 04:31:03 · answer #6 · answered by just_another_anglophone 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its what British people (but not, interestingly Austrailians, Canadians or Americans) call Eggplant. It's French... their word for Zucchini is also borrowed from the french but I can't spell it.
2007-01-06 23:27:32 · answer #7 · answered by sassback8 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an eggplant. It's also a term used for any deep purple color.
2007-01-07 11:33:37 · answer #8 · answered by chefgrille 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
eggplant in French
2007-01-06 20:57:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Augerbuine is another name for Egg-plant. it is known as brinjal in the Indian sub-continent. It is a purple fruit-cooked or fried.
2007-01-06 20:56:55 · answer #10 · answered by guyfromthesky 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's an eggplant. I think that's what the Brits call it.
2007-01-06 20:39:59 · answer #11 · answered by margarita 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋