pătlăgea

Romanian

Alternative forms

pătlăgică

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پاتلجان (patlıcan, “eggplant”) (Turkish patlıcan), from Persian (bâdeljân).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pə.tləˈd͡ʒa/
Hyphenation: pă‧tlă‧gea

Noun

pătlăgea f (plural pătlăgele)

eggplant
Synonyms: pătlăgea vânătă, pătlăgică vânătă, vânătă
tomato
Synonyms: pătlăgea roșie, pătlăgică roșie, roșie, tomată

Usage notes

This word is almost never used by itself, but rather with the adjectives roșie (“red”) or vânătă (“purple”), to prevent confusion.

Declension

Declension of pătlăgea

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) pătlăgea	pătlăgeaua	(niște) pătlăgele	pătlăgelele
genitive/dative	(unei) pătlăgele	pătlăgelei	(unor) pătlăgele	pătlăgelelor
vocative	pătlăgea		pătlăgelelor

Derived terms

References

pătlăgea in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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