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

  • 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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