Khatsil (חציל) means eggplant in Hebrew.
It can also mean aubergine. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
חֲצִיל, חָצִיל
khatsil
noun · masculine
In English
eggplant, aubergine
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Khatsil.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1ירק מאכל נפוץ בצבע חום־סגול או לבן ממשפחת הסולניים.
- 2סלנגכינוי ישראלי לאפרו־אמריקנים, נפוץ בעיקר בתעשיית העברת הדירות בארצות הברית, שבה דומיננטיות ישראלית.
The word Khatsil is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- חֲצִיל, חָצִיל
- Written without vowel points
- חציל
- Said
- khatsil
- Root
- ח־צ־ל
- Pattern
- קְטִיל
- Plural
- חֲצִילִים
- Inflections
- ר' חֲצִילִים, חֲצִילֵי־
- Gematria
- 138
This is how Khatsil is said in other languages.
- English
- eggplant, aubergine
- Arabic
- باذنجان
- Russian
- баклажан
- French
- aubergine
- Spanish
- berenjena
- German
- Eierpflanze, Aubergine
These words rhyme with Khatsil.
The word Khatsil comes from the root ח־צ־ל, like these words.
These words come before and after Khatsil in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Khatsil.
What does Khatsil (חציל) mean in Hebrew?
Khatsil (חציל) means eggplant and aubergine. It is said khatsil, with the stress on tsil.
What rhymes with Khatsil (חציל)?
Words that rhyme with Khatsil (חציל) include צליל, גליל, גיל, רגיל, חיל, and אליל.
Is Khatsil (חציל) masculine or feminine?
The word Khatsil (חציל) is a masculine noun, and its plural is חֲצִילִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry חציל of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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