lentil

Signification (Anglais)

1. Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods.
2. The seed of these plants, used as food.
3. A small chocolate candy in an edible shell.

Concepts

lentille

lentille cultivée

lens culinaris

Synonymes

lentil plant

lens

Lens culinaris

electron lens

hyacinth bean

lens system

pulse

lense

lentils

Traductions

lenticchia

φακή

Linse

lenteja

lentilha

linze

mercimek

llentia

lente

lens

llentilla

عدس

Lens

nîsk

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈlɛntəl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à allemand: Linse

Appartenant à grec ancien: λάθυρος

Appartenant à lituanien: lęšis

In summary

From Middle English lentile, from Old French lentille from Latin lenticula, diminutive of lēns, from a pre-Indo-European substrate source shared by German Linse, Ancient Greek λάθυρος (láthuros) and Lithuanian lęšis. Doublet of lenticula.