"melanzana" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Italian]

IPA: /me.lanˈd͡za.na/, /me.lanˈt͡sa.na/ Audio: LL-Q652 (ita)-LangPao-melanzana.wav Forms: melanzane [plural]
Rhymes: -ana Etymology: From Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), from now archaic Persian بادنگان (bâdengân), from Sanskrit भण्डाकी (bhaṇḍākī) or वातिगगम (vātigagama, “eggplant, aubergine”), reshaped under the influence of mela (“apple”). Compare Greek μελιτζάνα (melitzána), Sicilian milinciana and Medieval Latin mēlongēna. Etymology templates: {{der|it|ar|بَاذِنْجَان}} Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), {{der|it|fa|بادنگان|tr=bâdengân}} Persian بادنگان (bâdengân), {{der|it|sa|भण्डाकी}} Sanskrit भण्डाकी (bhaṇḍākī), {{m|sa|वातिगगम||eggplant, aubergine}} वातिगगम (vātigagama, “eggplant, aubergine”), {{m|it|mela||apple}} mela (“apple”), {{cog|el|μελιτζάνα}} Greek μελιτζάνα (melitzána), {{cog|scn|milinciana}} Sicilian milinciana, {{cog|ML.|mēlongēna}} Medieval Latin mēlongēna Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} melanzana f (plural melanzane)
  1. aubergine (UK); eggplant (US) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-melanzana-it-noun-~imzjOqF
  2. (US, Italian-American slang) dummy (as though “eggplant-head”) Tags: US, feminine Categories (lifeform): Nightshades, Vegetables Synonyms: petonciano [Central, Italy, rare]
    Sense id: en-melanzana-it-noun-q3slaRZA Disambiguation of Nightshades: 9 91 Disambiguation of Vegetables: 20 80 Categories (other): American Italian, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: melenzana [dialectal, obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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            "Fundamental",
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            "Central",
            "Italy",
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        "US",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/me.lanˈt͡sa.na/"
    },
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    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian feminine nouns",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian nouns",
    "Italian terms derived from Arabic",
    "Italian terms derived from Persian",
    "Italian terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Italian terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ana",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ana/4 syllables",
    "it:Nightshades",
    "it:Vegetables"
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        }
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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          "expansion": "→ Austrian German: Melanzani",
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        }
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      "text": "→ Austrian German: Melanzani"
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
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          "expansion": "→ Greek: μελιτζάνα (melitzána)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Greek: μελιτζάνα (melitzána)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mk",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Macedonian: малиџано (malidžano)"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "malidzano",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ English: malidzano"
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian:",
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        }
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      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian:"
    },
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            "2": "меланцана",
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        }
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      "text": "Cyrillic script: меланцана"
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            "2": "melancana",
            "sclb": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Slovene: melancána",
          "name": "desc"
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            "2": "መለንዛና",
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      "tags": [
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        "Italian slang"
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      "glosses": [
        "dummy (as though “eggplant-head”)"
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          "dummy"
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      "ipa": "/me.lanˈd͡za.na/"
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      "ipa": "/me.lanˈt͡sa.na/"
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        "dialectal",
        "obsolete"
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      "word": "melenzana"
    }
  ],
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}

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