garbanzo

English

Etymology

From Spanish garbanzo (whence also calavance), possibly from Basque garau (“seed”) + antzu (“dry”). Another theory suggests an Ancient Greek origin, from ἐρέβινθος (erébinthos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑɹˈbɑnzoʊ/
• Hyphenation: gar‧ban‧zo

Noun

garbanzo (plural garbanzos)

1. An edible pulse, Cicer arietinum, of the family Leguminosae or Fabaceae and subfamilies Faboideae or Papilionoideae, with white or purple-blue flowers and small feathery leaves on both sides of the stem and pods containing two to three peas.
2. A seed of this plant; the chickpea.

Translations

edible pulse

• Estonian: kikerhernes
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Kichererbse (de) f
• Hungarian: csicseriborsó (hu)
• Italian: cece (it) m

• Portuguese: grão-de-bico (pt) m
• Romanian: năut (ro) m
• Russian: нут (ru) m (nut)
• Slovene: čičerika f
• Spanish: garbanzo (es) m

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish garbanço, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ɡarˈbanθo/, [ɡarˈβãn̟θo]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ɡarˈbanso/, [ɡarˈβãnso]
• Rhymes: -anθo

Noun

garbanzo m (plural garbanzos)

1. chickpea; garbanzo (plant, seed)
2. (figuratively) bottom dollar, dosh

Descendants

• Basque: garbantzu
• English: garbanzo, calavance

Further reading

• “garbanzo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.