bean

Nghĩa (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

Phát âm là (IPA)

/biːn/

Từ nguyên (English)

Inherited from Tiếng Anh Trung cổ: bene

Inherited from Tiếng Anh cổ: bēan

Cognate with Tiếng Scots: bene

Cognate with Tiếng Frisia: bean

Cognate with Tiếng Hà Lan: boon

Cognate with Tiếng Đức: Bohne

Cognate with Tiếng Thụy Điển: böna

Cognate with Tiếng Đan Mạch: bønne

Cognate with Tiếng Na Uy: bønne

Cognate with Tiếng Iceland: baun

Cognate with Tiếng La-tinh: faba

Cognate with Tiếng Nga: боб

Cognate with Tiếng Serbo-Croatia: 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.