soybean

See also: soy bean

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Etymology[edit]

soy +‎ bean

Noun[edit]

soybean (plural soybeans)

A legume plant (Glycine max), commonly cultivated for human and animal consumption and as a nitrogen-fixing ground cover.
The edible seed of this plant.
- 2013 March 1, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 16 May 2013, page 134:
  Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.

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plant

Arabic: فُول اَلصُّويَا‎ m pl (fūl aṣ-ṣūyā)
Egyptian Arabic: فول الصويا‎ m pl (fūl eṣ-ṣōyā)
Burmese: ပဲပိစပ် (my) (pai:pi.cap)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 黃豆／黄豆 (wong⁴ dau^6-2)

Mandarin: 大豆 (zh) (dàdòu), 黃豆／黄豆 (zh) (huángdòu)
Esperanto: sojujo
Finnish: soija (fi), soijapapu (fi)
French: soja (fr) m
Georgian: სოიო (soio)
German: Sojabohne (de) f
Hungarian: szójabab (hu)
Hawaiian: pāpapa koiū
Italian: soia (it) f
Japanese: 大豆 (ja) (だいず, daizu)
Kazakh: соя (soä)
Khmer: សណ្ដែកសៀង (sɑndaek siǝng)
Korean: 콩 (ko) (kong)
Kyrgyz: соя (ky) (soya)
Lao: ຖົ່ວເຫລືອງ (thūa lư̄ang)
Macedonian: соја f (soja)
Malayalam: സോയ (sōya)
Malay: soya, kedelai (ms) (archaic)
Indonesian: kedelai (id)
Maori: hoi
Persian: سویا‎ (fa) (soyâ)
Polish: soja (pl) f
Portuguese: soja (pt) f
Russian: со́я (ru) f (sója)
Spanish: soja (es) f
Swedish: soja (sv) c, sojaböna (sv) c
Tagalog: utaw
Thai: ถั่วเหลือง (th) (tùua-lʉ̌ʉang)

seed — See also translations at soy

Arabic: فُول اَلصُّويَا‎ m pl (fūl aṣ-ṣūyā)
Egyptian Arabic: فول الصويا‎ m pl (fūl eṣ-ṣōyā)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 黃豆／黄豆 (wong⁴ dau^6-2), 大豆 (daai⁶ dou^6-2)

Mandarin: 大豆 (zh) (dàdòu), 黃豆／黄豆 (zh) (huángdòu)

Min Nan: 黃豆／黄豆 (n̂g-tāu), 大豆 (tōa-tāu), 腐豆 (hū-tāu)
Danish: sojabønne (da) c
Esperanto: sojfabo
Faroese: soyabøn
Finnish: soijapapu (fi)
French: soja (fr) m
German: Sojabohne (de) f
Greek: κύαμος σόγιας m (kýamos sógias)
Hungarian: szójabab (hu)
Icelandic: sojabaun f
Malay: kacang soya (ms), kacang kedelai (ms)
Indonesian: kacang kedelai (id)
Italian: soia (it) f
Japanese: 大豆 (ja) (だいず, daizu), ダイズ (daizu)
Khmer: សណ្ដែកសៀង (sɑndaek siǝng)
Korean: 콩 (ko) (kong)
Macedonian: соино зрно n (soino zrno)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: soyabønne m or f

Nynorsk: soyabønne f
Polish: soja (pl) f
Portuguese: grão de soja m
Russian: со́я (ru) f (sója), со́евый боб m (sójevyj bob)
Spanish: soya (es) f, soja (es) f
Sundanese: ᮊᮨᮓᮨᮜᮦ (kedelé)
Swedish: sojaböna (sv) c
Tagalog: utaw
Thai: ถั่วเหลือง (th) (tùua-lʉ̌ʉang)
Vietnamese: đậu nành (vi)

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Dutch: ^{(please verify)} sojaboon (nl) c