Pea Meaning
/piː/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAny of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others.
nounAny of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others., A plant, Pisum sativum, member of the legume (Fabaceae) family.
Sentence Examples
There's a pea in my right nostril.
I like pea pods in my stir fry.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The soup for dinner contained a small green ____ that added flavor.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She added a handful of frozen ____ to the soup just before serving to add color and sweetness.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Ancient Greek πίσον (píson)bor. Latin pisum Late Latin pisader. Old English pise Middle English pese English peasebf. English pea Back-formation from pease, an original singular reinterpreted as a plural. Further from Middle English pese (“a pea”), from Old English pise, from Latin pisa, pisum, from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Below, long rows of peas put forth their white-winged flowers, tempting the small butterflies to flutter round their inanimate likenesses;..."
— 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXVI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 277:
"Oh, come on. Help a brother out. People see you coppin', might inspire them. Look, I know you ain't payin' bills right now. Man must have bare peas saved up."
— 2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane, spoken by Nathan (Simon Manyonda):
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The soup for dinner contained a small green ____ that added flavor.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She added a handful of frozen ____ to the soup just before serving to add color and sweetness.