bean

Mane (English)

Noun

1. Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.
2. The large edible seed of such a plant (for example, a broad bean, navy bean, or garbanzo bean).
3. The edible seedpod of such a plant.
4. The bean-like seed of certain other plants, such as a vanilla bean or (especially) a coffee bean.
5. An object resembling a pea or bean in shape, often made from plastic or styrofoam and used in large numbers as packing material or as stuffing for beanbags and similar items.
6. (slang) The head or brain.
7. (slang) The human clitoris.
8. (slang) A person; especially, a baby.
9. (slang) A guinea coin.
10. (slang) Money.
11. Clipping of JavaBean.
12. (slang) Any form of tablet, especially benzedrine (benny).

Verb

To hit deliberately with a projectile, especially in the head.

Synonyms

pea

kidney bean

haricot

beans

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bean plant

edible bean

common bean

broad bean

legume

dome

noggin

peanut

noodle

nut

bonce

cowpeas

attic

grain

peas

soy

soybean

soy bean

spicule

string beans

green beans

French bean

red bean

string bean

pipe joint

dwarf bean

leguminous plant

adzuki bean

potato bean

wild bean

nozzle tip

pipe coupling

pipe junction

pipe connection

tube joint

pipe head

tube union

port fitting

ball

cannon ball

coupler

coupling

granule

groundnut

haricot bean

head

horse bean

jot

kernel

lima bean

nob

pellet

pulse

seed

shot

slug

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/biːn/

Etîmolojî (English)

Inherited from Middle English: bene

Inherited from Old English: bēan

Cognate with skotî: bene

Cognate with frîsî: bean

Cognate with holendî: boon

Cognate with almanî: Bohne

Cognate with swêdî: böna

Cognate with danmarkî: bønne

Cognate with norwecî: bønne

Cognate with îzlendî: baun

Cognate with latînî: faba

Cognate with rûsî: боб

Cognate with Serbo-Croatian: бо̏б

In summary

From Middle English bene, from Old English bēan, from Proto-West Germanic *baunu, from Proto-Germanic *baunō (“bean”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (“bean”). Cognate with Scots bene, bein (“bean”), West Frisian bean (“bean”), Dutch boon (“bean”), German Bohne (“bean”),
Swedish böna (“bean”),
Danish bønne (“bean”), Norwegian bønne (“bean”), Icelandic baun (“bean”), Latin faba (“bean”), Russian боб (bob, “bean”), Serbo-Croatian бо̏б/bȍb. Doublet of fava.