soybean

See also: soy bean

English

Alternative forms

• soy bean

Etymology

soy +‎ bean

Noun

soybean (plural soybeans)

1. A legume plant (Glycine max), commonly cultivated for human and animal consumption and as a nitrogen-fixing ground cover.
2. The edible seed of this plant.
   • 2013 March 1, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist^[1], volume 101, number 2, 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.

Synonyms

• soya bean

Derived terms

• field soybean
• green soybean
• IOM soybeans

Translations

plant

• Arabic: فُول اَلصُّويَا‏‎ m pl (fūl aṣ-ṣūyā)

  Egyptian Arabic: فول الصويا‏‎ m pl (fūl el ṣoya)

• Burmese: ပဲပိစပ် (my) (pai:pi.cap)
• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: soija (fi), soijapapu (fi)
• French: soja (fr) m
• German: Sojabohne (de) f
• Hungarian: szójabab (hu)
• Italian: soia (it) f
• Japanese: 大豆 (ja) (だいず, daizu)
• Kazakh: соя (soya)

• Khmer: សណ្ដែកសៀង (sɑndaek siǝng)
• Korean: 콩 (ko) (kong)
• Kyrgyz: соя (ky) (soya)
• Lao: ຖົ່ວເຫລືອງ (thūa lư̄ang)
• Macedonian: соја f (sója)
• Malayalam: സോയ (sōya)
• Persian: سویا‏‎ (fa) (soya)
• Portuguese: soja (pt) f
• Russian: со́я (ru) f (sója)
• Spanish: soja (es) f
• Swedish: soja (sv) c, sojaböna c
• Tagalog: utaw

seed

• Arabic: فُول اَلصُّويَا‏‎ m pl (fūl aṣ-ṣūyā)

  Egyptian Arabic: فول الصويا‏‎ m pl (fūl el ṣoya)

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 黃豆, 黄豆 (wong⁴ dau^6-2), 大豆 (daai⁶ dou^6-2)

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

  Min Nan: 黃豆, 黄豆 (n̂g-tāu), 大豆 (tōa-tāu), 腐豆 (hū-tāu)

• Finnish: soijapapu (fi)
• French: soja (fr) m
• German: Sojabohne (de) f
• Greek: κύαμος σόγιας m (kýamos sógias)
• Hungarian: szójabab (hu)

• 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 (sóino z'rno)
• Portuguese: grão de soja m
• Russian: со́я (ru) f (sója), со́евый боб m (sójevyj bob)
• Spanish: soya (es) f, soja (es) f
• Swedish: sojaböna c
• Tagalog: utaw
• Vietnamese: đậu nành (vi)

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: sojaboon c