faba

Etymology

From Latin faba.

Noun

faba f (plural fabes)

1. bean; especially the fava bean

Etymology

From Old Portuguese, from Latin faba.

Noun

faba f (plural fabas)

1. bean
2. bean plant

Noun

faba (plural fabas)

1. bean

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (“bean”). Cognate with Faliscan haba (“bean”), and more distantly with Scots bene, bein (“bean”), West Frisian bean (“bean”), Dutch boon (“bean”), German Bohne (“bean”), Danish bønne (“bean”), Icelandic baun (“bean”), English bean, Russian боб (bob, “bean”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ba/

Noun

faba f (genitive fabae); first declension

1. bean
2. horse bean
3. a small object with the shape of a bean.

References

• faba in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• faba in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• faba in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• faba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette