English
Etymology
From bean + pole.
Pronunciation
Noun
beanpole (plural beanpoles)
- A thin pole for supporting bean vines.
- (informal) A tall, thin person.
Derived terms
Translations
tall, thin person
- Armenian: չոփ (hy) (čʻopʻ), չոփիկ (čʻopʻik)
- Esperanto: stangofiguro
- Finnish: hongankolistaja (fi), hernekeppi (fi)
- French: (can be applied only to a man) escogriffe (fr) m, (can be applied to either a man or a woman) asperge (fr) f, échalas (fr) m, croquette (fr)
- German: Bohnenstange (de) f
- Greek: σανίδα (el) f (sanída, literally “plank”)
- Irish: dréimire fir m (male), clifeartach m (male), railse fir m (male), sparra fir m (male), spreota (fir) m (male), stráice fir m (male), eilit f (female), feadóg (ga) f (female), coinnleoir m, cuaille m, léanscach m, pícealach m, sciúirse m, sínéalach m, spiacán m, spíce (de dhuine) m, spícéad m, spídéalach m, sreangaire m, sreangán m, ranglachán m
- Italian: spilungone (it) m
- Plautdietsch: Schlaks m
- Russian: дылда (ru) f (dylda), каланча (ru) f (kalanča)
- Spanish: espigado (es), larguirucho (es), zanquilargo
- Yiddish: דאַרער דראָנדזשאַק (darer drondzhak), לאַנגער דראָנג (langer drong), לאַנגאָץ (langots)
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