fève

French

noun
Definitions
  • bean, generally
  • strictly, the broad bean Vicia faba
  • non-legume beans, as in coffee beans
  • the trinket in a king cake (galette des rois) – originally an actual broad bean, today often a plastic, metal or porcelain figurine.

Etymology

Inherited from Latin faba (bean) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (bean).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰabʰ-

Gloss

bean

Concept
Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji

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