legume

See also: légume

English

Etymology

From French légume, from Latin legūmen ‎(“bean”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪˈɡjuːm/, /ˈlɛɡjuːm/

Noun

legume ‎(plural legumes)

1. The fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food.
2. Any of a large family (Leguminosae syn. Fabaceae) of dicotyledonous herbs, shrubs, and trees having fruits that are legumes or loments, bearing nodules on the roots that contain nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and including important food and forage plants (as peas, beans, or clovers).
3. A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea.

Derived terms

• leguminous

Translations

fruit or seed of leguminous plants

• Armenian: ընդավոր (hy) ‎(əndavor)
• Basque: egoskari (eu), lekale (eu)
• Catalan: llegum m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 豆类 (zh) ‎(dòulèi)

• Czech: luštěnina f
• Dutch: peul (nl) c, peulvrucht (nl) c
• Finnish: herne (fi), papu (fi)
• French: légume (fr)
• German: Hülsenfrucht (de) f
• Greek: όσπριο (el) n ‎(ósprio)
• Icelandic: belgaldin n
• Ido: legumo (io)

• Khmer: សិម្ពិកូល​ ‎(sempi’kool), សណ្ដែក (km) ‎(sɑndaek)
• Marathi: शिंबीफल ‎(śimbīphal), द्विदल धान्य ‎(dvidal dhānya), शेंगा ‎(śeṅgā), कायधान्य ‎(kāyadhānya)
• Polish: strąk (pl) m
• Portuguese: legume (pt) m
• Russian: бобо́вый (ru) m ‎(bobóvyj), стручко́вый (ru) m ‎(stručkóvyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: махуна f

  Latin: mahuna (sh) f

• Spanish: legumbre (es) f
• Swedish: baljväxt
• Tagalog: tapladbunga

member of Leguminosae family

• Finnish: hernekasvi
• German: Leguminose f, Hülsenfrüchtler (de) m
• Hebrew: קטנית (he) f ‎(qitnith)
• Hungarian: hüvelyes (hu)
• Khmer: សិម្ពិកូល​ ‎(sempi’kool)
• Malay: merbau
• Polish: roślina strączkowa f

• Portuguese: leguminosa (pt) f
• Romanian: leguminoasă f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: махунарка f

  Latin: mahunarka f

External links

• Legume on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin legūmen.

Noun

legume m ‎(plural legumi)

1. peas, beans, lentils and similar pulses

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin legūmen.

Noun

legume m (plural legumes)

1. legume (fruits of leguminous plants)
2. (by extension) any vegetable

Synonyms

• (vegetable): verdura, hortaliça

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Romanian

Noun

legume f pl

1. plural of legumă