English Explanatory Dictionary

bean

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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. The head or brain.
  7. The human clitoris.
  8. A person; especially, a baby.
  9. A guinea coin or sovereign.
  10. Money.
  11. Clipping of JavaBean.
  12. Any form of tablet, especially benzedrine (benny).
verb
  1. To hit with a projectile, especially a deliberately aimed blow to the head.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A village and civil parish in Dartford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5872).

Pronunciation

/ˈbi(ː)n/ [ˈbɪin] en-us-bean.ogg /biːn/

Word forms

bean beans beaning beaned

Etymology

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”), North Frisian buan (“bean”), Saterland Frisian Boone (“bean”), West Frisian bean, beanne (“bean”), Dutch boon (“bean”), German Bohne (“bean”), Luxembourgish Boun (“bean”), Danish bønne (“bean”), Faroese bøn, bøna (“bean”), Icelandic baun (“bean”), Norwegian Bokmål bønne (“bean”), Norwegian Nynorsk bauna, baune, bogna, bønne, Swedish böna (“bean”), Irish pónaire (“bean”), Manx poanrey (“bean”), Scottish Gaelic pònair (“bean”), Latin faba (“bean”), Russian боб (bob, “bean”), Serbo-Croatian бо̏б/bȍb. Doublet of fava.

Synonyms

noggin

Derived words

African locust bean a hill of beans asparagus-bean Banstead BaseBean bean aphid bean aphis beanbag bean-bag bean bag bean ball beanball bean beetle bean-belly bean blight beanbrain beanbrawl beanbreath bean bruchid bean-brush beanburger bean-butter bean-cake bean cake beancake bean caper bean-caper bean choke bean chute bean clam bean-cod bean counter bean-counter bean cowrie bean-crake Bean Creek bean curd bean curve bean dip bean-dolphin bean-eater beaner beanery bean family beanfeast bean feast bean-feast bean-fed beanfield bean flicker bean-flicker bean flicking beanflour bean fly bean-fly bean-goose bean goose Beanhead beanhole bean hole

Translations

Acehnese: kacang Afrikaans: boontjie Albanian: bathë Albanian: fasule Southern Altai: мырчак Amharic: ባቄላ Andi: гьоли Western Apache: béʼistsʼǫ́z Arabic: فَاصُولِيَا Arabic: لُوبِيَا Arabic: فول Arabic: فولة Aragonese: faba Argobba: ባቄላ Armenian: լոբի Armenian: բակլա Asturian: faba Avar: гьоло Azerbaijani: lobya Balinese: buncis Baluchi: ماک Basque: babarrun Belarusian: боб Belarusian: фасо́ль Bengali: সীম Bengali: শিম Blackfoot: áótooksiinaattsi Blackfoot: áótooksiinattsiistsi Breton: favenn Bulgarian: боб Bulgarian: фасу́л Burmese: ပဲ Catalan: fesol Catalan: mongeta Chamicuro: mapolooto Cherokee: ᏚᏯ Chichewa: nyemba Chinese Mandarin: 豆 Cornish: faven Czech: fazole Danish: bønne Danish: bønner Dutch: boon Erzya: покра Esperanto: fabo Estonian: uba Ewe: ayi Faroese: bøna Finnish: papu French: haricot North Frisian: buan
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