noun
Meaning 1
Fruit of the scarlet eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum)
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Standard Lemma guide
gilo
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Kimbundu njilubor. Portuguese jilóbor. English gilo Borrowed from Portuguese giló, jiló, from Kimbundu njilu.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Amharic: የእምቧይ ፍሬ (yäʾməbway fəre) — fruit of a species of fruiting plant
- Arabic: بَاذِنْجَان أَفْرِيقِيّ (bāḏinjān ʔafrīqiyy) — fruit of a species of fruiting plant
- Finnish: etiopianmunakoiso — fruit of a species of fruiting plant
- German: äthiopische Eierfrucht — fruit of a species of fruiting plant
- German: afrikanische Eierfrucht — fruit of a species of fruiting plant
- German: afrikanische Aubergine — fruit of a species of fruiting plant
- Japanese: ジロ — fruit of a species of fruiting plant
- Kimbundu: njilu — fruit of a species of fruiting plant
- Polish: bakłażan etiopski — fruit of a species of fruiting plant
- Portuguese: jiló — fruit of a species of fruiting plant
- Spanish: berenjena etíope — fruit of a species of fruiting plant
- Spanish: berenjena africana — fruit of a species of fruiting plant
- Swedish: afrikansk vildaubergine — fruit of a species of fruiting plant