pea

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

bean

peas

common pea

legume

peanut

garden pea

nut

pea plant

bean family

chickpea

loader

marrow

pill

💊

soy

soybean

soy bean

sprouts

Newfoundland fish

bacaleau

baccalao

baccale

baccalo

bank fish

berry fish

blackberry fish

bull dog

codd

codde

fall fish

foxy tom-cod

Pisum sativum

field pea

Atlantic cod

edible-pod pea

edible-podded pea

bacalao

bank cod

grog fish

haberdine

harbour tom-cod

inshore cod

kil’din cod

logy fish

mattar

mother fish

northern cod

old soaker

red-cod

tally fish

tom-cod

Translations

pisello

pois

Erbse

erwt

guisante

ervilha

petit pois

pèsol

αρακάς

arveja

bezelye

μπιζέλι

بازلاء

pisello odoroso

Pronounced as (IPA)

/piː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: pese

Inherited from Old English: pisa

Inherited from Middle English: pe

Inherited from Old English: pēa

Cognate with Old English: pāwe

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Pau

Cognate with Western Frisian: pau

Cognate with Dutch: pauw

Cognate with German: Pfau

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).