bean

CEFRA1

/ˈbi(ː)n/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The edible seedpod of such a plant.

Examples

  • Jerry is the bean counter for our company.

  • I don't care a bean.

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Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

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5
Parts of speech
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Citations
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Synonyms
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Also pronounced

  • [ˈbɪin]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The large edible seed of such a plant (for example, a broad bean, navy bean, or garbanzo bean).

  2. Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.

  3. The bean-like seed of certain other plants, such as a vanilla bean or (especially) a coffee bean.

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In context

  • Green beans, also called French beans, can be pickled.

  • i dont want boid (whoever said that) he is mean. boid is a mean bean.

  • 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 Managemen...

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Origin

noun

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...