bean
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English bene, from Old English bēan (“bean, pea, legume”), from Proto-Germanic *baunō (“bean”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhabh- (“bean”). Cognate with Scots bene, bein (“bean”), West Frisian bean (“bean”), Dutch boon (“bean”), German Bohne (“bean”), Danish bønne (“bean”), Icelandic baun (“bean”), Latin faba (“bean”), Russian боб (bob, “bean”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- enPR: bēn, IPA: /biːn/, X-SAMPA: /bi:n/
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Audio (US) (file) - Homophones: been (in some dialects)
- Rhymes: -iːn
Noun [edit]
bean (plural beans)
- The large edible seed of plants of several genera of Fabaceae.
- The seed pod of plants of several genera of Fabaceae.
- A bean-like seed of some other plants, especially coffee; coffee in the general.
- Stuffing for beanbags and similar items, often made from plastic and resembling a pea or bean in shape.
- (slang) The head or brain.
- 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XI and XV:
- I saw her quiver and kept a wary eye on the ginger ale bottle. But even if she had raised it and brought it down on [my] bean, I couldn't have been more stunned than I was by the words that left her lips.
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Well, as I say, it was from his fertile bean that the idea sprang.
- I saw her quiver and kept a wary eye on the ginger ale bottle. But even if she had raised it and brought it down on [my] bean, I couldn't have been more stunned than I was by the words that left her lips.
- 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XI and XV:
- (UK, slang, archaic) A guinea coin.
- (UK, slang, usually in the negative) Money.
- I haven't got a bean.
- (slang) The clitoris.
- 2010, Cynthia W. Gentry & Dana Fredst, What Women Really Want in Bed: The Surprising Secrets Women Wish Men Knew about Sex, Quiver (2010), ISBN 9781592333394, page 64:
- For one, don't stage a full-frontal assault on her bean.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see the citations page.
- 2010, Cynthia W. Gentry & Dana Fredst, What Women Really Want in Bed: The Surprising Secrets Women Wish Men Knew about Sex, Quiver (2010), ISBN 9781592333394, page 64:
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Verb [edit]
bean (third-person singular simple present beans, present participle beaning, simple past and past participle beaned)
- (chiefly baseball) To hit deliberately with a projectile, especially in the head.
- The pitcher beaned the batter, rather than letting him hit another home run.
- 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter IX and XI:
- Though I shall have to exercise an iron self-restraint to keep me from beaning that pie-faced little hornswoggler Mrs Bertram Wooster, nee Wickham, with the shaker.
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dudgeon might easily lead her to reach for the ginger ale bottle and bean me with it.
- Though I shall have to exercise an iron self-restraint to keep me from beaning that pie-faced little hornswoggler Mrs Bertram Wooster, nee Wickham, with the shaker.
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Irish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Irish ben, from Proto-Celtic *benā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [bʲan̪ˠ]
Noun [edit]
bean f (genitive mná, nominative plural mná)
Declension [edit]
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Derived terms [edit]
Mutation [edit]
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bean | bhean | mbean |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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Old English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Germanic *baunō. Cognate with Old Frisian bām, Old Saxon bōna (Dutch boon), Old High German bōna (German Bohne), Old Norse baun (Danish bønne).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /bæːan/
Noun [edit]
bēan f (nominative plural bēana or bēane)
- bean (specifically the broad bean)
Scottish Gaelic [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Irish ben, from Proto-Celtic *benā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [b̊ɛn], /pɛn/
Noun [edit]
bean f (genitive mnatha or mnà, plural mnathan)
Declension [edit]
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bean | mnathan |
| Vocative | bhean | mhnathan |
| Genitive | mnatha/mnà | mnathan |
| Dative | mnaoi | mnathan |
Derived terms [edit]
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English slang
- British English
- English archaic terms
- English verbs
- en:Baseball
- en:Vegetables
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish nouns
- ga:Family
- ga:Female
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English nouns
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
