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The tonal design of the dress was crafted with an ombré effect, featuring warm yellows and gold transitioning to deep purples and shades of aubergine.—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025 Another night might be built around Balinese-style suckling pig with turmeric rice, aubergine stir-fried with chilli, and banana doughnuts rolled in coconut curd and cinnamon sugar.—Lela London, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025 The savory and warm aubergine paired perfectly with the rice and tasted incredible.—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
july 5, Sacbee.com, 5 July 2025 The color range includes very black, powder, petunia, fennel, smoke and aubergine, and the styles can be mixed and matched.—Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 14 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for aubergine
Word History
Etymology
French, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic al-bādhinjān the eggplant, ultimately from Middle Indo-Aryan *vātiñjaṇa-, vātiṅgaṇa-
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