bean

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbi(ː)n/, [ˈbɪin] Rhymes: -iːn Hyphenation: bean Homophone: been (in some dialects) === Noun === bean (plural beans) Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods. Coordinate term: pea 2004, T. N. Shivenanda, B. R. V. Iyengar, Phosphorus Management in French Bean (Phaseolus Vulgaris L.), Ramdane Dris, S. Mohan Jain (editors), Production Practices and Quality Assessment of Food Crops, Volume 2: Plant Mineral Nutrition and Pesticide Management, page 79, Beans are a large group of leguminous vegetables that serve as a main source of proteins in human diet. This group comprises several species and some of them are Adzuki bean (Vigna angularis); Broad bean (Vicia faba); Cluster bean (Cyamposis tetragonoloba); French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris); […] . The large edible seed of such a plant (for example, a broad bean, navy bean, or garbanzo bean). The edible seedpod of such a plant. (by extension) The bean-like seed of certain other plants, such as a vanilla bean or (especially) a coffee bean. (by extension) 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. (slang) The head or brain. Synonym: noggin (slang) The human clitoris. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:bean. (slang, often endearing) A person; especially, a baby. 2002 March 21, Yena, "oh my bloody god boys!", microsoft.public.xbox, Usenet: i dont want boid (whoever said that) he is mean. boid is a mean bean. (British, slang, archaic) A guinea coin or sovereign. (British, slang, chiefly in the negative) Money. (Java programming language) Clipping of JavaBean. (slang) Any form of tablet, especially benzedrine (benny). (colloquial, chiefly in the plural) A toe bean. ==== Usage notes ==== Beans and peas are sometimes misidentified (confused with one another); they are both legumes (belonging to the family Fabaceae) and seeds. Peas are a type of bean with smaller, round seeds in the pod, in contrast to the oval or kidney-shaped seeds usually referred to as beans. Because both terms are applied to a wide range of different legumes, the distinction is not always clear: garbanzo bean is a synonym of chickpea. The word bean has referred to a wide class of seeds since pre-Columbian times (when only the Eurasian types were known to Germanic language speakers), but, after Columbian contact, it was extended to other seeds belonging to the New World genus Phaseolus (runner beans, lima beans, and so on; see bean § Terminology for details). The fruits or seeds of some other non-Fabaceae plants (e.g., coffee beans, cocoa beans, vanilla beans, castor beans) are also referred to as beans, because of their resemblance to beans as named in the stricter sense. ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Fiji Hindi: biin ==== Translations ==== === Verb === bean (third-person singular simple present beans, present participle beaning, simple past and past participle beaned) (chiefly baseball) To hit with a projectile, especially a deliberately aimed blow to the head. === Further reading === bean on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Bean (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “bean n.1”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present === Anagrams === Bane, Bena, bane, nabe == Basque == === Noun === bean inessive singular of be == Gagauz == === Pronoun === bean (definite accusative beni, plural biz) obsolete spelling of bän === Further reading === Ciachir, Mihail (1938), “bean”, in Dicționar gagauzo (tiurco)–român pentru gagauzii din Basarabia (in Romanian), Chișinău, page 14 == Irish == === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /bʲan̪ˠ/ (Galway) IPA(key): /bʲænˠ/, (Cois Fharraige) [bʲæːn̪ˠ] (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /bʲanˠ/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish ben, from Proto-Celtic *benā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn. ==== Noun ==== bean f (genitive singular mná, nominative plural mná) woman wife ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Pronoun ==== bean one (of women, girls) ==== Further reading ==== Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bean”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “bean”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 60 “bean”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 === Etymology 2 === From Old Irish benaid (“beat, strike”). ==== Verb ==== bean (present analytic beanann, future analytic beanfaidh, verbal noun beant, past participle beanta) (ambitransitive) alternative form of bain ===== Inflection ===== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “bean”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 88; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bean”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== bean alternative form of been (“to be”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== bean alternative form of bene (“bean”) == Old English == === Alternative forms === bīen === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *baunu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bæ͜ɑːn/ === Noun === bēan f (nominative plural bēana or bēane) bean (especially the broad bean) ==== Declension ==== Strong ō-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: bene, beane, beene, beyn, ben, beanEnglish: beanScots: bein, beneYola: beanès, beanes, baanès, baanes, banès (plural) == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French béjaune. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.an/ Rhymes: -ɛan Syllabification: be‧an === Noun === bean m animal (archaic) greenhorn Synonym: żółtodziób (archaic) rude person Synonyms: cham, prostak === References === === Further reading === bean in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Middle Irish ben, from Old Irish ben. Cognates include Irish bean and Manx ben. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /b̥ɛ̃n/, (Lewis) [b̥æ̃n] === Noun === bean f wife (archaic) woman Synonym: boireannach ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Edward Dwelly (1911), “bean”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN Mark, Colin (2003), “bean”, in The Gaelic–English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 68 == Swedish == === Noun === bean definite singular of bea == West Frisian == === Alternative forms === beane, beanne === Etymology === From Old Frisian bāne, from Proto-West Germanic *baunu. Cognate with Dutch boon, English bean, German Bohne. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɪə̯n/ === Noun === bean c (plural beanen, diminutive beantsje) bean ==== Further reading ==== “bean”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011