boulanger

boulanger (plural boulangers)

1. (Guyana) eggplant; aubergine

From French beringène[1], from Spanish berenjena[2], from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان‎ (bāḏinjān), from Persian بادنجان‎ (bâdenjân). Compare Antillean French bélangère ("aubergine")[3] and Guadeloupean Creole French bélanjè ("aubergine")[4]. Doublet of aubergine.

• (Suriname) IPA^(key): /bu.lɑ̃.ʃeːi̯/, /bu.lɑ̃.ʃeː/
• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /bu.lɑ̃.ʒeː/

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• Hyphenation: bou‧lan‧ger

boulanger m (plural boulangers, diminutive boulangertje n)

1. (Suriname) Solanum melongena; eggplant, aubergine.
   • 1937 May 12, “CHATILLON”, in De Surinamer : nieuws- en advertentieblad‎, page 4:

     Vroeger werden allerlei soort groenten opgediend, daarbij wist men nog: het is van mijn eigen grondje. Tegenwoordig alleen boulanger en kouseband en daar zorgt de leverancier in de stad voor.

     In the old days, all kinds of vegetables were served, and people still knew: it comes from my own allotment. Nowadays only aubergines and yardlong beans [are served] and the supplier in town takes care of that.

From Middle French boulanger, from Old French boulanger, bolengier (“baker”), from Old Picard boulenc (“bun-maker, bread-maker”), of Germanic origin, from Low Frankish *bollā (“bun”) + -enc (“-ing”), from Frankish *-ing (“-ing”), from Proto-Germanic *-ingaz (“-ing”).

• IPA^(key): /bu.lɑ̃.ʒe/

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boulanger m (plural boulangers, feminine boulangère)

1. baker

• boulangerie
• robot boulanger

boulanger

1. (rare) to prepare and bake bread

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written boulange- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

• “boulanger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.