English Explanatory Dictionary

chickpea

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Pronunciation

/ˈt͡ʃɪkˌpiː/ /ˈt͡ʃɪkˌpi/ en-us-chickpea.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-chickpea.wav /ˈt͡ʃəkˌpiː/

Word forms

chickpea chickpeas chick pea

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Bengal gram garbanzo garbanzo bean

Related words

Cicer arietinum

Derived words

chickpea of the sea

Translations

Albanian: qiqër Arabic: حِمِّص Arabic: حمص Arabic: نخي Armenian: սիսեռ Old Armenian: սիսեռն Aromanian: tseatsiri Aromanian: arivitclju Assamese: বুট গছ Asturian: garbanzu Azerbaijani: noxud Bulgarian: нахут Bulgarian: леблебия Catalan: cigronera Catalan: ciuró Chinese Mandarin: 鷹嘴豆 /鹰嘴豆 Crimean Tatar: nohut Czech: cizrna Danish: kikært Dutch: kikkererwt Estonian: kikerhernes Finnish: kikherne French: pois chiche Friulian: piçûl Galician: garavanzo Gallurese: fasgiolu tundu Georgian: მუხუდო German: Kichererbse Greek: ρεβιθιά Hebrew: חומוס Hungarian: csicseriborsó Icelandic: kjúklingabaun Ido: garbanzo Interlingua: cice Irish: sicphiseánach Italian: cece Kannada: ಕಡಲೆ Korean: 병아리콩 Northern Kurdish: nok Northern Kurdish: nuhk Macedonian: леблебија Macedonian: наут Macedonian: слануток Malayalam: കടല Maltese: ċiċra Norwegian Bokmål: kikert Norwegian Nynorsk: kikert Polish: ciecierzyca
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