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chickpea

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪkˌpiː/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈt͡ʃɪkˌpi/
  • California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Texas: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈt͡ʃɪkˌpiː/
  • New-Zealand: /ˈt͡ʃəkˌpiː/

1

noun

Meaning 1

An annual plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Bengal gram, garbanzo

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A seed of this plant, often used as a food.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Chickpea is valued for its nutritive seeds with high protein content.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Bengal gram, garbanzo bean

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: garbanzo

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: legume

4

noun

Meaning 4

Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chickpea plant, Egyptian pea, Cicer arietinum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: legume, leguminous plant

5

noun

Meaning 5

the seed of the chickpea plant

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: garbanzo

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: legume

History

Etymology

Calque of French pois chiche, from pois (“pea”) + chiche, from Old French cice, from Latin cicer (“chickpea”).

Across languages

Translations

193 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: qiqër — plant
  • Arabic: حِمِّص (ḥimmiṣ) — plant
  • Arabic: حمص (ḥumuṣ) — plant
  • Arabic: نخي (naḵi) — plant
  • Arabic: حمص (ḥammaṣ, ḥummuṣ) — plant
  • Armenian: սիսեռ (siseṙ) — plant
  • Old Armenian: սիսեռն (siseṙn) — plant
  • Aromanian: tseatsiri — plant
  • Aromanian: arivitclju — plant
  • Assamese: বুট গছ (but gos) — plant
  • Asturian: garbanzu — plant
  • Azerbaijani: noxud — plant
  • Bulgarian: нахут (nahut) — plant
  • Bulgarian: леблебия (leblebija) — plant
  • Catalan: cigronera — plant
  • Catalan: ciuró — plant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鷹嘴豆 /鹰嘴豆 (yīngzuǐdòu) — plant
  • Crimean Tatar: nohut — plant
  • Czech: cizrna — plant
  • Danish: kikært — plant
  • Dutch: kikkererwt — plant
  • Estonian: kikerhernes — plant
  • Finnish: kikherne — plant
  • French: pois chiche — plant
  • Friulian: piçûl — plant
  • Galician: garavanzo — plant
  • Gallurese: fasgiolu tundu — plant
  • Georgian: მუხუდო (muxudo) — plant
  • German: Kichererbse — plant
  • Greek: ρεβιθιά (revithiá) — plant
  • Hebrew: חומוס (ḥumuṣ) — plant
  • Hungarian: csicseriborsó — plant
  • Icelandic: kjúklingabaun — plant
  • Ido: garbanzo — plant
  • Indonesian: kacang arab — plant
  • Indonesian: kacang kuda — plant
  • Interlingua: cice — plant
  • Irish: sicphiseánach — plant
  • Italian: cece — plant
  • Kannada: ಕಡಲೆ (kaḍale) — plant
  • Korean: 병아리콩 (byeong'arikong) — plant
  • Northern Kurdish: nok — plant
  • Northern Kurdish: nuhk — plant
  • Macedonian: леблебија (leblebija) — plant
  • Macedonian: наут (naut) — plant
  • Macedonian: слануток (slanutok) — plant
  • Malay: kacang kuda — plant
  • Malayalam: കടല (kaṭala) — plant
  • Maltese: ċiċra — plant
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kikert — plant
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kikert — plant
  • Polish: ciecierzyca — plant
  • Portuguese: grão-de-bico — plant
  • Romanian: năut — plant
  • Russian: нут (nut) — plant
  • Russian: туре́цкий горо́х (turéckij goróx) — plant
  • Russian: наха́т (naxát) — plant
  • Russian: ху́мус (xúmus) — plant
  • Russian: бара́ний горо́х (baránij goróx) — plant
  • Campidanese Sardinian: cìxiri — plant
  • Sardinian: basolu pittudu — plant
  • Sassarese: fasgiorutòndu — plant
  • Serbo-Croatian: slanutak — plant
  • Serbo-Croatian: сланутак — plant
  • Serbo-Croatian: leblebija — plant
  • Serbo-Croatian: леблебија — plant
  • Spanish: garbanzo — plant
  • Swedish: kikärt — plant
  • Tagalog: garbansos — plant
  • Tamil: கடலை (kaṭalai) — plant
  • Turkish: nohut — plant
  • Venetan: cexarìna — plant
  • Venetan: pixól — plant
  • Walloon: garvane — plant
  • Walloon: poes d' souke — plant
  • Yiddish: נאַהיט (nahit) — plant
  • Yiddish: אַרבעס (arbes) — plant
  • Afrikaans: kekerertjie — seed
  • Akkadian: 𒄬𒇻𒊒 (ḫallūru) — seed
  • Albanian: qiqër — seed
  • Arabic: حِمِّص (ḥimmiṣ) — seed
  • Arabic: حمص (ḥumuṣ) — seed
  • Arabic: حمص (ḥammaṣ, ḥummuṣ) — seed
  • Armenian: սիսեռ (siseṙ) — seed
  • Old Armenian: սիսեռն (siseṙn) — seed
  • Aromanian: tseatsiri — seed
  • Aromanian: arivitclju — seed
  • Assamese: বুট (but) — seed
  • Asturian: garbanzu — seed
  • Basque: txitxirio — seed
  • Basque: garbantzu — seed
  • Belarusian: нут (nut) — seed
  • Bengali: ছোলা (chōla) — seed
  • Bulgarian: нахут (nahut) — seed
  • Bulgarian: леблебия (leblebija) — seed
  • Burmese: ကုလားပဲ (ku.la:pai:) — seed
  • Burmese: ပဲခြမ်း (pai:hkram:) — seed
  • Burmese: ပဲဆန် (pai:hcan) — seed
  • Catalan: cigró — seed
  • Chinese Cantonese: 雞心豆 /鸡心豆 — seed
  • Chinese Cantonese: 三角豆 — seed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鷹嘴豆 /鹰嘴豆 (yīngzuǐdòu) — seed
  • Czech: cizrna — seed
  • Dalmatian: cič — seed
  • Danish: kikært — seed
  • Danish: kikærter — seed
  • Dutch: kikkererwt — seed
  • Dutch: keker — seed
  • Dutch: kekererwt — seed
  • Dutch: Spaanse erwt — seed
  • Dutch: kreukerwt — seed
  • Esperanto: kikero — seed
  • Estonian: kikerhernes — seed
  • Faroese: kikertur — seed
  • Finnish: kikherne — seed
  • Finnish: kahviherne — seed
  • French: pois chiche — seed
  • Galician: garavanzo — seed
  • Gallurese: fasgiolu tundu — seed
  • Georgian: მუხუდო (muxudo) — seed
  • German: Kichererbse — seed
  • Greek: ρεβίθι (revíthi) — seed
  • Ancient Greek: ἐρέβινθος (erébinthos) — seed
  • Gujarati: ચણો (caṇo) — seed
  • Hebrew: הומוס (humouss) — seed
  • Hindi: काबुली चना (kābulī canā) — seed
  • Hindi: काबूली (kābūlī) — seed
  • Hindi: छोला (cholā) — seed
  • Hindi: चना (canā) — seed
  • Hungarian: csicseriborsó — seed
  • Icelandic: kjúklingabaun — seed
  • Ido: garbanzo-semino — seed
  • Indonesian: kacang arab — seed
  • Indonesian: kacang kuda — seed
  • Irish: sicphiseánach — seed
  • Italian: cece — seed
  • Japanese: ヒヨコ豆 (hiyokomame) — seed
  • Kannada: ಕಡಲೆ (kaḍale) — seed
  • Korean: 병아리콩 (byeong'arikong) — seed
  • Central Kurdish: نۆک (nok) — seed
  • Northern Kurdish: nok — seed
  • Northern Kurdish: nuhk — seed
  • Latin: cicer — seed
  • Ligurian: çéixou — seed
  • Lithuanian: avinžirnis — seed
  • Macedonian: леблебија (leblebija) — seed
  • Macedonian: наут (naut) — seed
  • Macedonian: слануток (slanutok) — seed
  • Malay: kacang kuda — seed
  • Malayalam: കടല (kaṭala) — seed
  • Maltese: ċiċra — seed
  • Maltese: ċiċri — seed
  • Neapolitan: cìcero — seed
  • Neapolitan: cìcere — seed
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kikert — seed
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kikert — seed
  • Occitan: céser — seed
  • Occitan: cese — seed
  • Oromo: shunburaa — seed
  • Persian: نخود (noxod) — seed
  • Persian: نخودچی (noxodči) — seed
  • Polish: ciecierzyca — seed
  • Portuguese: grão-de-bico — seed
  • Punjabi: ਛੋਲਾ (cholā) — seed
  • Romanian: năut — seed
  • Romansh: chicra — seed
  • Russian: нут (nut) — seed
  • Campidanese Sardinian: cìxiri — seed
  • Sardinian: basolu pittudu — seed
  • Sassarese: fasgiorutòndu — seed
  • Serbo-Croatian: slanutak — seed
  • Serbo-Croatian: сланутак — seed
  • Sicilian: cìciru — seed
  • Sicilian: cìciri — seed
  • Slovak: cícer baraní — seed
  • Slovene: čičerika — seed
  • Lower Sorbian: šćerica — seed
  • Spanish: garbanzo — seed
  • Swedish: kikärt — seed
  • Tagalog: garbansos — seed
  • Telugu: సెనగ (senaga) — seed
  • Thai: ถั่วหัวช้าง — seed
  • Turkish: nohut — seed
  • Ukrainian: нут (nut) — seed
  • Ukrainian: турецький горох (turecʹkyj horox) — seed
  • Urdu: چھولا (cholā) — seed
  • Vietnamese: đậu gà — seed
  • Walloon: garvane — seed
  • Walloon: poes d' souke — seed
  • Welsh: gwygbys — seed
  • Welsh: ffacbys — seed
  • Yiddish: נאַהיט (nahit) — seed
  • Yiddish: אַרבעס (arbes) — seed