falafel

See also: faláfel

English

Alternative forms

• felafel (less common)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil), the plural of فِلْفِل (filfil, “pepper”), which is preceded by and derived from either:

• Persian پلپل (pilpil), from Sanskrit पिप्पली (pippalī, “long pepper”), or
• Aramaic [script needed] (pilpāl, “small round thing, peppercorn”) derived from [script needed] (palpēl, “to be round, roll”).

Pronunciation

falafel balls

• IPA^(key): /fəˈlɑːfəl/, /fəˈlæfəl/, /fəˈlɒfəl/
• IPA^(key): /fəˈlɑfəl/
• Rhymes: -æfəl, -ɑːfəl, -ɒfəl
• Hyphenation: fa‧la‧fel

Noun

falafel (countable and uncountable, plural falafels or falafel)

1. (uncountable) A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas and other ingredients. Often served in a pita.
   • 2003, Margo Daly, Rough guide to Australia, page 51:

     Lebanese restaurants are especially good for vegetarians, with falafel rolls (pitta bread stuffed with chickpea patties, hummus and tabbouleh) making an inexpensive, filling meal.

   • 2003, Holly M. Moskowitz, Finding Falafel, page 58:

     I ate lafa — falafel with all the regular stuffings and sauces wrapped in a pizza size pita instead of being stuffed in it. Etai ordered a regular falafel. My lafiz was twice the size of his falafel and although neither of us could finish the lafiz, we embarked on it together.

   There's a stall at the market that sells fantastic falafel.

2. (countable) A pita with falafel balls inside (like a sandwich or a wrap).
   • 2003, Holly M. Moskowitz, Finding Falafel, page 58:

     I ate lafa — falafel with all the regular stuffings and sauces wrapped in a pizza size pita instead of being stuffed in it. Etai ordered a regular falafel. My lafiz was twice the size of his falafel and although neither of us could finish the lafiz, we embarked on it together.

   • 2010, Reza Aslan, How to Win a Cosmic War: Confronting Radical Religions, page 161:

     Here, close-cropped future soldiers would learn how to introduce themselves to strangers, the proper way to order a falafel and a Coke, how to shout Get out of the car.

   • 2012, Giveon Cornfield, Lilian, page 186:

     They decided, sotto voce, to go out for a falafel. […] The falafel itself was incidental: it was the array of salds, pickled and fried vegetables, olives and sauces which one stuffed into the pita that made it such an adventure.

   • 2013, Ruchama King Feuerman, In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist, New York Review of Books (→ISBN), page 218:

     A beggar, his head swathed in rags, was eating a falafel, bits of cucumber falling out of the pita's corners. He looked askance as Mustafa lumbered by.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:falafel.
3. (countable) A single falafel ball.

   The stallholder puts salad into an open pita bread, followed by the four falafels, and then liberally covers them with hummus.

Translations

Middle Eastern food

• Arabic: فَلَافِل m pl (falāfil), (Egypt) طَعْمِيَّة f (ṭaʕmiyya)
• Armenian: ֆալաֆել (falafel)
• Azerbaijani: falafel, fəlafel
• Bengali: ফালাফেল (phalaphel)
• Bulgarian: фала́фел m (faláfel)
• Catalan: falàfel m
• Cebuano: palapel, palápel
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 三角豆餅／三角豆饼 (saam¹ gok³ dau⁶ beng²)

  Mandarin: 鷹嘴豆泥球／鹰嘴豆泥球 (yīngzuǐdòuníqiú), 鹰嘴豆泥球 (yīngzuǐdòuníqiú), 法拉費／法拉费 (fǎlāfèi), 法拉费 (fǎlāfèi)

• Czech: falafel (cs) m
• Danish: falafel c, falafler c pl
• Dutch: falafel (nl) m
• Esperanto: kikerbuloj pl, falafloj pl
• Finnish: falafel
• French: falafels (fr) m pl, falafel (fr) m
• German: Falafel (de) f or n
• Greek: φαλάφελ (el) n (faláfel), φελάφελ (el) n (feláfel)
• Hebrew: פָלָאפֶל (he) m (faláfel)
• Hungarian: falafel (hu)
• Italian: falafel m or m pl, felafel m or m pl
• Japanese: ファラフェル (faraferu), ファラーフェル (farāferu)
• Kannada: ಫ಼ಲಾಫ಼ಲ್ (falāfal)
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• Kazakh: фалафель (falafel)
• Korean: 팔라펠 (pallapel)
• Kyrgyz: фалафель (ky) (falafel)
• Latvian: felāfels m, falafels m
• Lithuanian: falafeliai m pl
• Malay: falafel
• Marathi: फलाफल m (phalāphal), फेलाफिल m (phelāphil), फेलॅफिल m (phelĕphil)
• Persian: فلافل (fa) (falâfel), طعمیه (ta'mye)
• Portuguese: faláfel m, falafel m
• Russian: фала́фель (ru) m (faláfelʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: фалафел m

  Roman: falafel m

• Slovak: falafel m, faláfil m
• Spanish: falafel m, faláfel m
• Swedish: falafel (sv) c, falaflar (sv) c pl
• Tajik: фалофил (falofil)
• Tamil: ஃபிளாபல் (fiḷāpal)
• Thai: ฟาลาเฟล (faa-laa-feel), ฟะลาฟิล (fá-laa-fil)
• Turkish: felafel, tamiya
• Ukrainian: фала́фель m (faláfelʹ)
• Yiddish: פֿאַלאַפֿעל n (falafel)

pita with falafel balls inside

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法拉費皮塔餅／法拉费皮塔饼 (fǎlāfèi pítǎbǐng), 法拉费皮塔饼 (fǎlāfèi pítǎbǐng)

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• Finnish: falafel-pita, falafel-rulla
• Spanish: falafel m, faláfel m

single falafel ball

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: falàfel m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鷹嘴豆泥球／鹰嘴豆泥球 (yīngzuǐdòuníqiú), 鹰嘴豆泥球 (yīngzuǐdòuníqiú), 法拉費／法拉费 (fǎlāfèi), 法拉费 (fǎlāfèi)

• Danish: falafel c, falaffel c
• Dutch: falafelballetje n
• Esperanto: kikerbulo, falaflo
• Finnish: falafel-pyörykkä, falafel-pulla
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• French: falafel (fr) m
• Greek: ρεβυθοκεφτές m (revythokeftés), ρεβιθοκεφτές (el) m (revithokeftés), φαλάφελ (el) n (faláfel), φελάφελ (el) n (feláfel)
• Italian: falafel m, felafel m
• Lithuanian: falafelias m
• Polish: falafel (pl) m
• Slovak: falafelová guľôčka f
• Spanish: falafel m, faláfel m
• Swedish: falafel (sv) c

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Danish

Alternative forms

• falaffel

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil), the plural of فِلْفِل (filfil, “pepper”). See the English entry for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [faˈlɑfl̩]

Noun

falafel c (singular definite falaflen, plural indefinite falafler)

1. falafel (single ball)

Declension

Declension of falafel

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	falafel	falaflen	falafler	falaflerne
genitive	falafels	falaflens	falaflers	falaflernes

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil), the plural of فِلْفِل (filfil, “pepper”). See the English entry for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑˈlɑfəl/, /fɑˈlaːfəl/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

falafel m (plural falafels, diminutive falafeltje n)

1. falafel

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil), the plural of فِلْفِل (filfil, “pepper”). See the English entry for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑlɑfel/, [ˈfɑ̝lɑ̝fe̞l]

Noun

falafel

1. falafel

Declension

Inflection of falafel (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		falafel	falafelit
genitive		falafelin	falafelien falafeleiden falafeleitten
partitive		falafelia	falafeleita falafeleja
illative		falafeliin	falafeleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		falafel	falafelit
accusative	nom.	falafel	falafelit
	gen.	falafelin
genitive		falafelin	falafelien falafeleiden falafeleitten
partitive		falafelia	falafeleita falafeleja
inessive		falafelissa	falafeleissa
elative		falafelista	falafeleista
illative		falafeliin	falafeleihin
adessive		falafelilla	falafeleilla
ablative		falafelilta	falafeleilta
allative		falafelille	falafeleille
essive		falafelina	falafeleina
translative		falafeliksi	falafeleiksi
abessive		falafelitta	falafeleitta
instructive		—	falafelein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of falafel (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative falafelini falafelini accusative nom. falafelini falafelini gen. falafelini genitive falafelini falafelieni falafeleideni falafeleitteni partitive falafeliani falafeleitani falafelejani inessive falafelissani falafeleissani elative falafelistani falafeleistani illative falafeliini falafeleihini adessive falafelillani falafeleillani ablative falafeliltani falafeleiltani allative falafelilleni falafeleilleni essive falafelinani falafeleinani translative falafelikseni falafeleikseni abessive falafelittani falafeleittani instructive — — comitative — falafeleineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative falafelisi falafelisi accusative nom. falafelisi falafelisi gen. falafelisi genitive falafelisi falafeliesi falafeleidesi falafeleittesi partitive falafeliasi falafeleitasi falafelejasi inessive falafelissasi falafeleissasi elative falafelistasi falafeleistasi illative falafeliisi falafeleihisi adessive falafelillasi falafeleillasi ablative falafeliltasi falafeleiltasi allative falafelillesi falafeleillesi essive falafelinasi falafeleinasi translative falafeliksesi falafeleiksesi abessive falafelittasi falafeleittasi instructive — — comitative — falafeleinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative falafelimme falafelimme accusative nom. falafelimme falafelimme gen. falafelimme genitive falafelimme falafeliemme falafeleidemme falafeleittemme partitive falafeliamme falafeleitamme falafelejamme inessive falafelissamme falafeleissamme elative falafelistamme falafeleistamme illative falafeliimme falafeleihimme adessive falafelillamme falafeleillamme ablative falafeliltamme falafeleiltamme allative falafelillemme falafeleillemme essive falafelinamme falafeleinamme translative falafeliksemme falafeleiksemme abessive falafelittamme falafeleittamme instructive — — comitative — falafeleinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative falafelinne falafelinne accusative nom. falafelinne falafelinne gen. falafelinne genitive falafelinne falafelienne falafeleidenne falafeleittenne partitive falafelianne falafeleitanne falafelejanne inessive falafelissanne falafeleissanne elative falafelistanne falafeleistanne illative falafeliinne falafeleihinne adessive falafelillanne falafeleillanne ablative falafeliltanne falafeleiltanne allative falafelillenne falafeleillenne essive falafelinanne falafeleinanne translative falafeliksenne falafeleiksenne abessive falafelittanne falafeleittanne instructive — — comitative — falafeleinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative falafelinsa falafelinsa accusative nom. falafelinsa falafelinsa gen. falafelinsa genitive falafelinsa falafeliensa falafeleidensa falafeleittensa partitive falafeliaan falafeliansa falafeleitaan falafelejaan falafeleitansa falafelejansa inessive falafelissaan falafelissansa falafeleissaan falafeleissansa elative falafelistaan falafelistansa falafeleistaan falafeleistansa illative falafeliinsa falafeleihinsa adessive falafelillaan falafelillansa falafeleillaan falafeleillansa ablative falafeliltaan falafeliltansa falafeleiltaan falafeleiltansa allative falafelilleen falafelillensa falafeleilleen falafeleillensa essive falafelinaan falafelinansa falafeleinaan falafeleinansa translative falafelikseen falafeliksensa falafeleikseen falafeleiksensa abessive falafelittaan falafelittansa falafeleittaan falafeleittansa instructive — — comitative — falafeleineen falafeleinensa

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil), the plural of فِلْفِل (filfil, “pepper”). See the English entry for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈla.fɛl/

Noun

falafel m inan

1. falafel

Declension

Declension of falafel

	singular	plural
nominative	falafel	falafele
genitive	falafela	falafeli
dative	falafelowi	falafelom
accusative	falafel/falafela	falafele
instrumental	falafelem	falafelami
locative	falafelu	falafelach
vocative	falafelu	falafele

Further reading

• falafel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Template:R:PWN

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• faláfel (following the Arabic stress)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil), the plural of فِلْفِل (filfil, “pepper”). See the English entry for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /falaˈfel/ [fa.laˈfel]
• Rhymes: -el
• Hyphenation: fa‧la‧fel

Noun

falafel m (plural falafeles)

1. falafel

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil), the plural of فِلْفِل (filfil, “pepper”). See the English entry for more.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -affel
• Hyphenation: fa‧la‧fel

Noun

falafel c

1. falafel

Declension

Declension of falafel
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	falafel	falafeln	falaflar	falaflarna
Genitive	falafels	falafelns	falaflars	falaflarnas