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Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈɛʁp.zə
"Ich habe Erbsen zum Salat hinzugefügt."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A small, round green seed that is eaten as a vegetable.
"I added peas to the salad for extra color and nutrition." - 2
The plant that produces these seeds, typically climbing or bushy.
"The pea plant grows well in cool weather."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English pese, pesen, from Old English pise, ultimately borrowed from Latin pisum, from Greek pison. Due to a false singular-plural reanalysis where pese was mistaken for a plural ending in -s, the singular form pea was derived in the 17th century.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Pea" is said worldwide
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pois
Transliteration: pwah
"J'ai ajouté des pois à la salade."
Erbse
Transliteration: ˈɛʁp.zə
"Ich habe Erbsen zum Salat hinzugefügt."
pisello
Transliteration: piˈzɛllo
"Ho aggiunto piselli all'insalata."
guisante
Transliteration: ɡiˈsante
"Añadí guisantes a la ensalada."
ervilha
Transliteration: ɛʁˈviʎɐ
"Adicionei ervilhas à salada."
मटर
Transliteration: maṭar
"मैंने सलाद में मटर डाली।"
豌豆
Transliteration: wāndòu
"我在沙拉里加了豌豆。"
완두콩
Transliteration: wandukong
"나는 샐러드에 완두콩을 추가했다."
エンドウ豆
Transliteration: endō mame
"サラダにエンドウ豆を加えました。"
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