phaseolus

See also: Phaseolus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin phaseolus.

Noun

phaseolus (plural phaseoli)

  1. any of several domesticated beans, of the genus Phaseolus, native to the Americas

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Latin

Alternative forms

  • faseolus

Etymology

    Diminutive of phasēlus.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    phaseolus m (genitive phaseolī); second declension

    1. A type of bean with an edible pod; in Antiquity: cowpea, New Latin: kidney bean.

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative phaseolus phaseolī
    genitive phaseolī phaseolōrum
    dative phaseolō phaseolīs
    accusative phaseolum phaseolōs
    ablative phaseolō phaseolīs
    vocative phaseole phaseolī

    Descendants

    • Emilian: faṡôl
    • Ligurian: faxeu
    • Italo-Dalmatian
    • French: faséole
    • Old Occitan:
      • Catalan: fesol
      • Occitan: faiol, fayol
    • Friulian: fasûl
    • Piedmontese: faseul
    • Venetan: faxol, faxóło, faxiol
    • West Iberian
    • Southern Romance
      • Sardinian: basolu
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