"melanzana" meaning in Italian

See melanzana in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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), {{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/eggplant Tags: feminine Categories (lifeform): Nightshades, Vegetables
    Sense id: en-melanzana-it-noun-C~CRvIIF Disambiguation of Nightshades: 93 7 Disambiguation of Vegetables: 92 8 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11
  2. (US, Italian-American slang) dummy (as though “eggplant-head”) Tags: US, feminine Synonyms: petonciano [Central, Italy, rare]
    Sense id: en-melanzana-it-noun-q3slaRZA Categories (other): American Italian
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: melenzana [dialectal, obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
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    },
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      "word": "melenzana"
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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          "args": {
            "1": "mk",
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            "bor": "1"
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            "2": "меланцана",
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          "name": "desc"
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          "expansion": "→ Slovene: melancána",
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  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
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        "(US, Italian-American slang) dummy (as though “eggplant-head”)"
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        "US",
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  "sounds": [
    {
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/me.lanˈt͡sa.na/"
    },
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      "word": "melenzana"
    }
  ],
  "word": "melanzana"
}

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