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Cindy Crawford Cindy Crawford opted for darker tones with variations on aubergine.—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025 The walls, still pistachio, were now offset by two large aubergine sofas by the designer Athena Calderone.—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025 The gown's train featured a vaguely psychedelic ombre dip-dye pattern in shades of aubergine, sky blue, and lavender.—Amy McCarthy, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025 Another night might be built around Balinese-style suckling pig with turmeric rice, aubergine stir-fried with chilli, and banana doughnuts rolled in coconut curd and cinnamon sugar.—Lela London, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for aubergine
Word History
Etymology
French, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic al-bādhinjān the eggplant, ultimately from Middle Indo-Aryan *vātiñjaṇa-, vātiṅgaṇa-
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