A purplish-black, elongated fruit of the same family as tomato, potato and deadly nightshade.

Synonyms in other languages

Danish

• aubergine

Dutch

• aubergine

English

• aubergine
• eggplant
• garden egg
• jew's apple
• mad apple

French

• aubergine
• œufs brouillés Balzac

Latin names

• Solanum melongena

Swedish

• aubergine