eggplant
English
noun
Definitions
- (North America) The plant Solanum melongena.
- (North America) The edible fruit of the Solanum melongena: an aubergine.
- (North America) A dark purple color, like that of the skin of this fruit.
- (US) A black person (used mainly by Italian-Americans).
- (snowboarding) A 180 backside rotated invert in which the front hand is planted on the lip of the halfpipe wall
Etymology
Compound from English egg (incite, encourage) + English plant (set firmly, sole, place).
Origin
English
plant
Gloss
set firmly, sole, place
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
鮃
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afteregg English
- antiplant English
- ashplant English
- assplant English
- deplant English
- displant English
- egg English
- egg hunt English
- egg yolk English
- egg-bound English
- egg-shaped English
- eggball English
- eggbeater English
- eggbox English
- eggburger English
- eggcrate English
- eggcup English
- egger English
- eggery English
- eggette English
- eggfruit English
- egghead English
- eggheaded English
- egghot English
- eggie English
- egglayer English
- egglaying English
- eggless English
- egglike English
- eggman English
- eggmass English
- eggnog English
- eggplanty English
- eggshell English
- eggspot English
- eggtimer English
- eggtray English
- eggwhisk English
- eggwoman English
- eggy English
- eggyolk English
- explant English
- faceplant English
- handegg English
- handplant English
- host plant English
- houseplant English
- interplant English
- intraplant English
- leadplant English
- macroplant English
- microplant English
- misplant English
- multiplant English
- nonegg English
- nonplant English
- outplant English
- overplant English
- palmoplantar English
- peaker plant English
- pieplant English
- plant English
- plantable English
- plantage English
- plantal English
- plantar English
- plantcutter English
- planted English
- planter English
- plantest English
- planteth English
- planthood English
- planthopper English
- plantivorous English
- plantkin English
- plantkind English
- plantless English
- plantlet English
- plantlife English
- plantlike English
- plantling English
- plantly English
- plantocracy English
- plantsman English
- plantsperson English
- plantstand English
- plantstuff English
- plantswoman English
- plantwide English
- plantwise English
- preplant English
- replant English
- rouge-plant English
- superegg English
- superplant English
- thunderegg English
- transplant English
- underplant English
- unplant English
- washplant English
- waterplant English
- waxplant English
- egge Middle English
- plante Middle English
- planten Middle English
- planta Cebuano
- planteran Cebuano
- salted egg Chinese
- planim Tok Pisin
- igi Aukan
- egg
- eggy
- egger
- plant
- eggie
- nonegg
- egghot
- eggery
- eggcup
- eggnog
- eggbox
- eggman
- deplant
- egglike
- eggette
- eggball
- planted
- eggmass
- handegg
- planter
- plantal
- plantar
- eggyolk
- replant
- unplant
- eggtray
- explant
- plantly
- egghead
- eggless
- eggspot
- pieplant
- plantage
- nonplant
- egglayer
- displant
- ashplant
- afteregg
- eggwhisk
- preplant
- egg hunt
- eggwoman
- eggshell
- planteth
- eggcrate
- superegg
- plantkin
- misplant
- waxplant
- eggfruit
- egg yolk
- plantest
- eggtimer
- outplant
- plantlet
- assplant
- plantwide
- planthood
- leadplant
- antiplant
- egg-bound
- eggbeater
- plantlife
- plantling
- overplant
- faceplant
- plantable
- egglaying
- plantlike
- plantless
- plantsman
- plantwise
- washplant
- eggburger
- eggplanty
- plantkind
- handplant
- eggheaded
- underplant
- microplant
- transplant
- host plant
- waterplant
- multiplant
- egg-shaped
- plantstuff
- thunderegg
- superplant
- interplant
- macroplant
- plantstand
- houseplant
- intraplant
- rouge-plant
- planthopper
- plantocracy
- plantcutter
- plantswoman
- plantsperson
- palmoplantar
- peaker plant
- plantivorous