garbanzo

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish garbanzo, initially borrowed as garvance in the 17th c. and anglicized as calavance (“chickpea; any kind of bean or pulse”). The original garbanzo was re-established in the 19th c., primarily via American Spanish. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɑɹˈbɑnzoʊ/ Hyphenation: gar‧ban‧zo === Noun === garbanzo (plural garbanzos) An edible pulse (Cicer arietinum), of the family Leguminosae or Fabaceae and subfamilies Faboideae or Papilionoideae, with white or purple-blue flowers and small feathery leaves on both sides of the stem and pods containing two to three peas. Synonym: garbanzo bean A seed of this plant; the chickpea. ==== Translations ==== === References === == Spanish == === Alternative forms === garbanço (obsolete) === Etymology === From Old Spanish garbanço. Presumably influenced by garroba (“carob fruit”) and galbana (“small pea; a variety of pea”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡaɾˈbanθo/ [ɡaɾˈβ̞ãn̟.θo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /ɡaɾˈbanso/ [ɡaɾˈβ̞ãn.so] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -anθo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -anso (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: gar‧ban‧zo === Noun === garbanzo m (plural garbanzos) chickpea; garbanzo (plant, seed) (figurative) bottom dollar, dosh ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Basque: garbantzu → English: garbanzo, calavance === References === === Further reading === “garbanzo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025