pea
English
/piː/
noun
Definitions
- (botany) A plant, Pisum sativum (Pisum sativum), member of the legume (Fabaceae (Fabaceae)) family.
- (culinary) The edible seed of some of these plants.
- (baseball) A ball travelling at high velocity.
- (US) Any of the small numbered balls used in a pea shake game.
- (Jamaica) Any of several varieties of bean.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pese (pea, a pea) inherited from Old English pisa derived from Latin pisa derived from Ancient Greek πίσον.
Origin
Ancient Greek
πίσον
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Peabody English
- berry English
- body English
- brain English
- brained English
- chick English
- cock English
- cow English
- cowpea English
- earth English
- earthpea English
- fowl English
- goober English
- goober pea English
- goose English
- grit English
- growing English
- heart English
- heartpea English
- hen English
- meal English
- nut English
- pea-pheasant English
- pea-sized English
- pea-time English
- peaberry English
- peabrain English
- peabrained English
- peachick English
- peacock English
- peacockery English
- peacocking English
- peacockish English
- peacocky English
- peafowl English
- peagoose English
- peagrit English
- peagrowing English
- peahen English
- pealess English
- pealike English
- peameal English
- peaness English
- peanut English
- peanutless English
- peanutlike English
- peanutty English
- pease English
- peashooter English
- peastone English
- pheasant English
- shooter English
- sized English
- stone English
- sweet English
- sweetpea English
- time English
- pisa Latin
- pisum Latin
- pīsum Latin
- Pfau German
- Pfautaube German
- pisello Italian
- πίσον Ancient Greek
- peanøtt Norwegian Bokmål
- ピーナッツ Japanese
- peanøtt Norwegian Nynorsk
- pisa Old English
- pise Old English
- Pebody Middle English
- mousepese Middle English
- pecok Middle English
- pehenne Middle English
- pese Middle English
- pesecod Middle English
- pis Irish
- péacóg Irish
- peanut Danish
- pfāwo Old High German
- pinōt Marshallese
- pinat Tok Pisin
- pīkake Hawaiian
- peas Jamaican Creole
- red peas Jamaican Creole
- pi·š Yurok
- hen
- cow
- nut
- fowl
- meal
- grit
- cock
- time
- body
- brain
- goose
- earth
- sized
- chick
- stone
- berry
- sweet
- heart
- pease
- peanut
- goober
- cowpea
- peahen
- peameal
- peafowl
- growing
- brained
- pealess
- shooter
- pealike
- peaness
- Peabody
- peagrit
- peacock
- peanutty
- heartpea
- earthpea
- pea-time
- peaberry
- peagoose
- peastone
- sweetpea
- pheasant
- peachick
- peacocky
- peabrain
- pea-sized
- peanutlike
- peacockery
- peanutless
- peacocking
- peashooter
- peabrained
- peagrowing
- goober pea
- peacockish
- pea-pheasant