edamame

See also: Edamame

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 枝(えだ)豆(まめ) (edamame, literally “stem beans”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɛdəˈmɑːmeɪ/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

edamame (countable and uncountable, plural edamames)

  1. Fresh green soybeans boiled as a vegetable.
    • 2019, Karman Meyer, Eat to Sleep, Adams Media, →ISBN, page 81:
      When Americans started eating more sushi in the 1980s, edamame also became more popular. More than 95 percent of the edamame consumed in the US comes from China, but domestic production of the edible green soybean is on the rise.

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Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 枝豆 (edamame).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /edaˈma.me/
  • Hyphenation: éda‧ma‧mé

Noun

édamamé (plural edamame-edamame)

  1. edamame

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

edamame

  1. Rōmaji transcription of えだまめ

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 枝豆 (edamame).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.daˈmɐ̃.mi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /e.daˈmɐ.me/
 

  • Hyphenation: e‧da‧ma‧me

Noun

edamame m (plural edamames)

  1. edamame

Further reading

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