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
豆
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aquafaba English
- fava English
- fava bean English
- *fabicella Latin
- Fabius Latin
- faba Latin
- fabaceus Latin
- fabella Latin
- fabulus Latin
- fava Italian
- favata Italian
- faveto Italian
- favetta Italian
- favino Italian
- favismo Italian
- haba Spanish, Castilian
- habado Spanish, Castilian
- habar Spanish, Castilian
- habichuela Spanish, Castilian
- tonto del haba Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰabʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *baunō Proto-Germanic
- *bobъ Proto-Slavic
- fabo Esperanto
- sojfabo Esperanto
- fava Catalan, Valencian
- fava Old Portuguese
- fauã Aromanian
- *fafā Proto-Italic
- faba Asturian
- fave Friulian
- fua Dalmatian
- jawas Quechua
- *fav Proto-Brythonic
- abas Hiligaynon
- aba Mezquital Otomi
- ibawen Kabyle