chickpea

Meaning

1. An annual plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.
2. A seed of this plant, often used as a food.

Synonyms

garbanzo

garbanzo bean

chick pea

pea

Bengal gram

chana

Cicer arietinum

Egyptian pea

chickpea plant

garvance

hummus

fit for

sanagalu

ceci bean

dhale

Translations

garbanzo

cece

pois chiche

grão-de-bico

Kichererbse

nohut

cigró

ρεβίθι

ρεβιθιά

kikkererwt

cicer

keker

حمص

Spaanse erwt

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃɪkˌpiː/

Etymology

Calque of French pois chiche, from pois (“pea”) + chiche, from Latin cicer (“chickpea”).