wikipedia|Bean (disambiguation)
English

Etymology
From ME. bene#Middle English|bene, from OE. b�an, bean, pea, legume, from Proto-Germanic *baun�, of unknown origin

Pronunciation
AHD|b�n, IPA|/bi�n/, SAMPA|/bi:n/
audio|en-us-bean.ogg|Audio (US)
:Homophones: been
:Rhymes:English:-i�n|Rhymes: -i�n

Noun
wikipedia
Image:CDC limabean.jpg|thumb|right|Beans.
en-noun

1. The large edible seed of plants of several genera of Fabaceae.
2. The seed pod of plants of several genera of Fabaceae.
3. A seed of coffee; coffee in the general.
4. British|slang|archaic a guineau coin.
5. British|slang|usually in the negative money.

#: I haven't got a bean.

Derived terms
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adsuki bean, aduki bean, adzuki bean, azuki bean
algaroba bean, algarroba bean
Anasazi bean
asparagus bean, asparagus-bean
baked beans
baking beans
BaseBean?
bay bean
beach bean
bean aphid
bean aphis
bean bag, bean-bag, beanbag
bean ball, beanball
bean beetle
bean-belly
bean blight
bean bruchid
bean-brush
bean-butter
bean cake
bean caper, bean-caper
bean choke
bean chute
bean-cod
bean counter, bean-counter
bean-crake
bean curd
bean curve
bean dip
bean-dolphin
bean-eater
beaner
beanery
bean family
bean feast, bean-feast, beanfeast
bean-fed
bean-flicker
bean fly, bean-fly
bean goose, bean-goose
Beanhead
bean-hool, bean-hull
beanie
Beanie Baby®
beanie key
bean iron ore
bean-king
bean-like, beanlike
bean machine
bean masher
bean metal
bean-mouse

bean of St Ignatius
bean of Molucca
bean oil
bean paste
bean plant
bean-pole, beanpole
bean pot
Beanpot
bean salad
Bean Scripting Framework
bean seed fly
bean-shaped plasma
bean-shatter
BeanShell?
bean shoot
bean-shooter
bean shot
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bean-shot copper
bean-shouter
bean sprout
bean-stalk, beanstalk
bean-stick
bean-straw
bean thread noodles, bean threads
bean tostada
Beantown, Bean Town
bean tree, bean-tree
bean trefoil, bean-trefoil
bean-vine
bean wagon
bean weevil
bean-wood
beany
Bengal bean, Benghal bean
black bean<!--bean-->
blackbean<!--evergreen tree-->
black-eyed bean
black turtle bean
blue beans
bog bean
bogbean
borlotti bean
broad bean, broadbean
buck bean, buck-bean, buckbean
bullets and beans
bush bean, bush-bean
butter bean, butterbean
cacao bean
Calabar bean
calico bean
cannellini bean
carob bean
castor bean, castor-bean
castor-oil bean
ceci bean
chili beans
China bean
Chinese long bean
civet bean
cluster bean
cocoa bean
coffee bean
common bean
cool beans
coral bean
corona bean
cow bean
cowboy beans
cranberry bean
dragon tongue bean
djenkol bean
Dutch case-knife bean
dwarf bean
edible bean
Egyptian bean
English bean
English runner bean
Entity Bean
European bean
faba bean
fava bean
field bean
flageolet bean
flick the bean
Florida bean
Florida velvet bean
French bean, french bean
French filet bean
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for beans
fresh bean
full of beans
garbanzo bean
gemsbuck beans
get beans
giant stock bean
give someone beans
goa bean
goa bean vine
great Northern bean
green bean
guar bean
guava bean
haricot bean
haricot vert bean
a hill of beans
hog's bean
horse bean, horsebean
hyacinth bean
ice-cream bean
Ignatius' bean
Indian bean
Italian flat bean
jack bean
JavaBean?
java bean, java-bean<!--plant-->
jelly bean, jellybean
jequirity bean
jering bean
jolly bean
jumby bean
jumping bean
Kentucky wonder bean
Kersting's bean
kidney bean
know how many beans make five
Leichhardt's bean
lima bean
locust bean
long-bean
lupini bean
Lyon bean
Mackenzie bean
Madagascar bean
magotty bay bean<!--in new OED-->
managed bean
Manila bean
marama bean, morama bean
marrow bean
mash bean
mat bean
May-bean
MBean
mescal bean, mescalbean
mesquite bean
Message-driven Bean
Mexican bean
Mexican bean beetle<!--not derived from "Mexican bean"-->
Mexican jumping bean
Mexican yam bean
mini beans
Molucca bean
moong bean
moth bean
mung bean
mungo bean
navy bean
NetBeans?
not care beans
not have a bean
not know beans
old bean
rel-mid4
ordeal bean
pea bean
pichurim bean
pink bean
pinto bean
poison bean
pole bean, pole-bean
pork and bean<!--singular: Australian rhyming slang for "queen" (gay man)-->
pork and beans
potato bean, potato-bean
prairie-bean
Price's potato-bean
Pythagorean bean
Queensland bean
red bean
red bean paste
refried beans
rice and beans
rice bean
Romano bean
runner bean
sacred bean
sand bean
scarlet-bean
scarlet runner bean
screw bean, screw-bean, screwbean
sea bean
seabean
sea green bean
Session Bean
shell bean
sieva bean
smoking bean
snail bean
snap bean
snuffbox bean
soja bean, soya bean, soy bean, soybean
soup beans
Spanish bean
speckled butter bean
spill the beans
St Ignatius' bean, St Ignatius's bean
stinking bean trefoil
string bean
stringless bean
sugar bean
sword bean
tepary bean
tick bean, tickbean
tonca bean, tonga bean, tonka bean, tonqua bean, tonquin bean
turtle bean
urd bean
vanilla bean
velvet bean
Walkman Bean
wax bean, waxbean
wax-pod bean
Welsh bean
white bean
wild bean
Windsor bean
winged bean
wolf bean
wonder bean
yam bean
Yankee bean
yard-long bean, yardlong bean
yellow bean
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Translations
trans-top|seed
Albanian: bathë, fasule
Arabic: ARchar|��اص���ا|���اص������ا IPAchar|(fa�ú�liya) f, ARchar|���ب�ا|����ب���ا (lú�biya) f
Basque: babarrun
Blackfoot: áótooksiinaattsi s, áótooksiinattsiistsi p
Bosnian: pasulj#Bosnian|pasulj m, grah#Bosnian|grah m
Bulgarian: боб (bob) m, �а��л (fasúl) m
Chinese: � (dòu)
Croatian: pasulj m
Czech: fazole
Danish: bønne c, bønner p
Dutch: boon#Dutch|boon f
Esperanto: fabo
Ewe: ayi n
Faeroese: bøna
Finnish: papu
French: haricot#French|haricot m
Frisian: bean, beane
German: Bohne f, Bohnen p
Greek:
:Ancient: κ�ανο� (cyanos) m
:Modern: �α��λι (fasóli) n
Hebrew: שע�ע�ת (še�u�ít) f
Hungarian: bab, paszuly
Inuktitut: nilernait
Icelandic: baun
Italian: fagiolo m
Japanese: � (��, mamé)
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Korean: 콩 (kong)
Kurdish: KUchar|�اس���ا
Lakota: omnica
Maltese: fażolla
Maori: piini
Maya: box-iib, chak-bu'ul
Norwegian: bønne c
Ojibwe: mashkodesimin, mashkodesiminag p; miskodiisimin, miskodiisiminag p
Persian: FAchar|��ب�ا (lubiya), FAchar|با�ا�ا (baghâla)
Polish: fasola f
Portuguese: feijão m
Romanian: fasole f
Russian: боб (bob) m, боб� (bóby) p; �а�ол� (fasól�) f, �а�оли (fasóli) p
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: па���#Serbian|па��� m, г�а�#Serbian|г�а� m
:Roman: pasulj#Serbian|pasulj m, grah#Serbian|grah m
Slovak: fazul�a f
Slovene: fižol m
Spanish: haba f, frijol m, habichuela
Swahili: haragwe s, maharagwe p (noun 5/6)
Swedish: böna c, bönor p
Thai: THchar|�ั�ว (thuàà)
Turkish: fasulye
Ukrainian: б�б (bib) m, �а�ол� (fasólja) f, ква�ол� (kvasólja) f
Yup'ik: nelernaq
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trans-top|pod
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Verb
en-verb|beans|beaning|beaned

1. To hit with a projectile, accurately.

#:The pitcher beaned the batter, rather than letting him hit another home run.

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Irish

Etymology
Proto-Indo-European|PIE *g^weneh₂

Pronunciation
IPA|[bʲan]

Noun
bean f

1. woman

Declension
;Irregular
Bare forms
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!Case
!Singular
!Plural
|-
| Nominative
| bean
| bmná
|-
| Vocative
| a bhean
| a mhná
|-
| Genitive
| mná
| ban
|-
| Dative
| bean
| mná
|}

Forms with the definite article
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!Case
!Singular
!Plural
|-
| Nominative
| an bhean
| na mná
|-
| Genitive
| na mná
| na mban
|-
| Dative
| leis an mbean<br />
don bhean
| leis na mná
|}

Category:Irish nouns

Old English

Etymology
From Germanic *baun�. Cognate with Old Frisian b�m, Old Saxon b�na (Dutch boon), Old High German b�na (German Bohne), Old Norse baun.

Pronunciation
IPA|/bæ:an/

Noun
b�an f (plural: b�ana or b�ane)

1. #English|bean (specifically the broad bean

Category:Old English nouns

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation
IPA|[b��n]

Noun
bean f

1. woman, wife

Irregular noun; forms with the definite article:
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!Case
!Singular
!Plural
|-
| Nominative
| a' bhean
| na mnathan
|-
| Vocative
| a bhean
| a mhnathain
|-
| Genitive
| na mnà
| na mnathan
|-
| Dative
| leis a mhnaoi<br>
| leis na mnathan<br>

Category:Scottish Gaelic nouns

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