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Synonymer

Uttal

  • UttalUS
ÖversättningKontext
Substantiv
1.äggplanta {en}amerikansk engelska
2.aubergine {en}amerikansk engelska
3.aubergin {en}

Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. (North America) The plant Solanum melongena.
  2. (North America) The edible fruit of the Solanum melongena: an aubergine.
  3. (North America) A dark purple color, like that of the skin of this fruit.
  4. (US, slang, derogatory, offensive) A black person (used mainly by Italian-Americans).

Exempel

  • "Why am I not surprised?" This was the limit. "You know, I'm black enough for his family to yell eggplant-this and nigger-that at me," she said.
  • What else can he do? But Hopper continues his riff. "Sicilians still carry that nigger gene . . . Your ancestors are niggers. You're part eggplant."

Böjningsformer

Pluraleggplants

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