pea

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. Any of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others.
  2. (especially) Any of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others.
  3. The edible seed of Pisum sativum.
  4. The edible seed of various other pea plants.
  5. Any of several varieties of bean.
  6. (Multicultural-London-English, in-plural) Money.

Sinonieme

common pea

pea plant

bean family

Newfoundland fish

bacaleau

baccalao

baccale

baccalo

bank fish

berry fish

blackberry fish

bull dog

codd

codde

fall fish

foxy tom-cod

Pisum sativum

edible-pod pea

edible-podded pea

bank cod

grog fish

harbour tom-cod

inshore cod

kil’din cod

logy fish

mattar

mother fish

northern cod

old soaker

red-cod

tally fish

tom-cod

Frekwensie

C2
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/piː/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

Back-formation from pease, an original singular reinterpreted as a plural. Further from Middle English pese (“a pea”), from Old English pise, from Latin pisa, pisum, from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson).

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