English Explanatory Dictionary

soybean

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A legume plant (Glycine max), commonly cultivated for human and animal consumption and as a nitrogen-fixing ground cover.
  2. The edible seed of this plant.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɔɪˌbin/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-soybean.wav

Word forms

soybean soybeans soya bean soyabean soy bean

Etymology

From soy + bean.

Synonyms

soy soya

Derived words

field soybean green soybean IOM soybean IOM soybeans soybean oil soybean rust

Translations

Southern Altai: соя Arabic: فُول اَلصُّويَا Arabic: فول الصويا Burmese: ပဲကျပ်ပျဉ် Chinese Cantonese: 黃豆 /黄豆 Chinese Mandarin: 大豆 Chinese Mandarin: 黃豆 /黄豆 Esperanto: sojujo Finnish: soija Finnish: soijapapu French: soja Georgian: სოიო German: Sojabohne Hawaiian: pāpapa koiū Hebrew: סויה Hungarian: szójabab Indonesian: kedelai Ingrian: sooja Italian: soia Japanese: 大豆 Kazakh: соя Khmer: សណ្ដែកសៀង Korean: 대두 Kyrgyz: соя Lao: ຖົ່ວເຫລືອງ Macedonian: соја Malay: soya Malay: tau Malay: kedelai Malayalam: സോയ Māori: hoi Mizo: bekang Mongolian: шар буурцаг Persian: سویا Persian: لوبیاروغنی Polish: soja Portuguese: soja Russian: со́я Spanish: soja Swedish: soja Swedish: sojaböna Tagalog: utaw Thai: ถั่วเหลือง Turkish: soya Turkish: soya fasulyesi Vietnamese: đậu nành
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