pea

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• homophone: pee
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Etymology tree Ancient Greek πίσον (píson)bor. Latin pisum Late Latin pisader. Old English pise Middle English pese English peasebf. English pea Back-formation from pease, an original singular reinterpreted as a plural. Further from Middle English pese (“a pea”), from Old English pise, from Latin pisa, pisum, from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson).

From having the appearance of a pea (see English etymology 1), the edible seed of Pisum sativum, the pea plant.

From Middle English pe, po, poue, pa, paue, from Old English pēa, pāwa (“peacock”) (compare Old English pāwe (“peahen”)) and Old Norse pái (“peacock”), both from Proto-Germanic *pāwô (“peacock”), from Latin pāvō (“peacock”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Pau, West Frisian pau, Dutch pauw, German Pfau. Doublet of Pavo.

220 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: ertjie — plant
• Albanian: modhull — plant
• Arabic: بَازِلَّاء (bāzillāʔ) — plant
• Arabic: بسلة (besella) — plant
• Arabic: بزلة (bazilla) — plant
• Arabic: جلبانة (jalbāna) — plant
• Armenian: ոլոռ (oloṙ) — plant
• Old Armenian: ոլոռն (oloṙn) — plant
• Aromanian: bizelji — plant
• Aromanian: bizeljie — plant
• Aromanian: madzãri — plant
• Assamese: মটৰ গছ — plant
• Asturian: arbeyera — plant
• Asturian: arbeyu — plant
• Azerbaijani: noxud — plant
• Basque: ilar — plant
• Belarusian: гаро́х (haróx) — plant
• Belarusian: гаро́шак (haróšak) — plant
• Bengali: মটর (moṭor) — plant
• Bulgarian: грах (grah) — plant
• Burmese: စားတော်ပဲ (ca:taupai:) — plant
• Catalan: pesolera — plant
• Chechen: кхоь (qö) — plant
• Chinese Mandarin: 豌豆 (wāndòu) — plant
• Czech: hrách — plant
• Czech: hrášek — plant
• Danish: ært — plant
• Dutch: erwt — plant
• Erzya: кснав (ksnav) — plant
• Estonian: hernes — plant
• Finnish: herne — plant
• French: pois — plant
• Galician: chícharo — plant
• Galician: ervella — plant
• Galician: ervello — plant
• Galician: perico — plant
• Ge'ez: ዐተር (ʿätär) — plant
• Georgian: ცერცვი (cercvi) — plant
• Georgian: ბარდა (barda) — plant
• German: Erbse — plant
• Greek: αρακάς (arakás) — plant
• Ancient Greek: πίσον (píson) — plant
• Hausa: fis — plant
• Hebrew: אֲפוּנָה (afuna) — plant
• Hindi: मटर (maṭar) — plant
• Hungarian: borsó — plant
• Icelandic: baun — plant
• Indonesian: ercis — plant
• Ingrian: herne — plant
• Irish: peasair — plant
• Italian: pisello — plant
• Japanese: 豌豆 (endō) — plant
• Japanese: エンドウ (endō) — plant
• Kazakh: асбұршақ (asbūrşaq) — plant
• Kazakh: бұршақ (būrşaq) — plant
• Kazakh: нақат (naqat) — plant
• Khmer: ន្ដេក (ndeek) — plant
• Korean: 완두 (wandu) — plant
• Kumyk: нохут (noxut) — plant
• Northern Kurdish: maşo — plant
• Kyrgyz: буурчак (buurcak) — plant
• Lao: ຖົ່ວແຮ (thūa hǣ) — plant
• Latin: pisum — plant
• Latvian: zirnis — plant
• Lithuanian: žirnis — plant
• Livonian: jērnaz — plant
• Low German: Arvt — plant
• Macedonian: грашок (grašok) — plant
• Malagasy: pitipoa — plant
• Malay: pis — plant
• Maltese: piżella — plant
• Marathi: मटार (maṭār) — plant
• Marathi: वाटाणा (vāṭāṇā) — plant
• Middle English: pese — plant
• Mongolian: вандуй (vanduj) — plant
• Nepali: टाउको (ṭāuko) — plant
• Norwegian: ert — plant
• Occitan: pese — plant
• Old East Slavic: горохъ (goroxŭ) — plant
• Pannonian Rusyn: гращок (hraščok) — plant
• Persian: نخود (noxowd) — plant
• Persian: نخود سبز (noxowd-e sabz) — plant
• Persian: نخود فرنگی (noxowd-e farangi) — plant
• Polish: groch — plant
• Portuguese: ervilha — plant
• Romanian: mazăre — plant
• Russian: горо́х (goróx) — plant
• Russian: горо́шек (goróšek) — plant
• Serbo-Croatian: грашак — plant
• Serbo-Croatian: grašak — plant
• Sinhalese: කඩල (kaḍala) — plant
• Slovak: hrach — plant
• Slovak: hrášok — plant
• Slovene: grah — plant
• Spanish: guisante — plant
• Spanish: ervilla — plant
• Spanish: arveja — plant
• Spanish: chícharo — plant
• Swahili: dengu — plant
• Swedish: ärt — plant
• Tagalog: gisantes — plant
• Tajik: нахӯд (naxüd) — plant
• Thai: ลันเตา (lan-dtao) — plant
• Turkish: bezelye — plant
• Turkmen: nohut — plant
• Ukrainian: горо́х (horóx) — plant
• Ukrainian: горо́шок (horóšok) — plant
• Urdu: مٹر (maṭar) — plant
• Uzbek: noʻxat — plant
• Vietnamese: đậu — plant
• Vietnamese: cây đậu — plant
• Walloon: poes — plant
• Walloon: pitit poes — plant
• Yiddish: אַרבעס (arbes) — plant
• Yoruba: orí — plant
• Abenaki: piz — edible seed
• Afrikaans: ert — edible seed
• Afrikaans: ertjie — edible seed
• Albanian: modhull — edible seed
• Arabic: بَازِلَّاء (bāzillāʔ) — edible seed
• Arabic: بسلة (besela) — edible seed
• Arabic: جلبانة (jalbāna) — edible seed
• Armenian: ոլոռ (oloṙ) — edible seed
• Old Armenian: ոլոռն (oloṙn) — edible seed
• Aromanian: madzãri — edible seed
• Aromanian: bizelji — edible seed
• Aromanian: arucutetsu — edible seed
• Aromanian: afcu — edible seed
• Assamese: মটৰ (motor) — edible seed
• Assamese: মটৰমাহ (motormah) — edible seed
• Asturian: arbeyu — edible seed
• Basque: ilar — edible seed
• Burmese: ပဲ (pai:) — edible seed
• Catalan: pèsol — edible seed
• Chechen: кхоь (qö) — edible seed
• Chichewa: nsawawa — edible seed
• Chinese Cantonese: 青豆 — edible seed
• Chinese Mandarin: 豌豆 (wāndòu) — edible seed
• Czech: hrách — edible seed
• Danish: ært — edible seed
• Dutch: erwt — edible seed
• Erzya: кснав (ksnav) — edible seed
• Esperanto: pizo — edible seed
• Estonian: hernes — edible seed
• Faroese: ertur — edible seed
• Finnish: herne — edible seed
• French: pois — edible seed
• French: petit pois — edible seed
• Galician: ervella — edible seed
• Galician: chícharo — edible seed
• Georgian: მუხუდო (muxudo) — edible seed
• Georgian: ბარდა (barda) — edible seed
• German: Erbse — edible seed
• East Central German: Arbs — edible seed
• Greek: αρακάς (arakás) — edible seed
• Greek: μπιζέλι (bizéli) — edible seed
• Ancient Greek: πίσος (písos) — edible seed
• Ancient Greek: πισός (pisós) — edible seed
• Greek: πίσον (píson) — edible seed
• Greenlandic: eertaq — edible seed
• Haitian Creole: pwa (frans) — edible seed
• Hebrew: אֲפוּנָה (afuna) — edible seed
• Hindi: मटर (maṭar) — edible seed
• Hungarian: borsó — edible seed
• Icelandic: erta — edible seed
• Ido: pizo — edible seed
• Ingrian: herne — edible seed
• Italian: pisello — edible seed
• Japanese: 豌豆 (endō) — edible seed
• Japanese: エンドウ (endō) — edible seed
• Japanese: エンドウ豆 (endō-mame) — edible seed
• Khmer: សណ្ដែក (sɑndaek) — edible seed
• Korean: 완두 (wandu) — edible seed
• Lao: ຖົ່ວ (thūa) — edible seed
• Latin: pīsum — edible seed
• Latvian: zirnis — edible seed
• Lithuanian: žirnis — edible seed
• Livonian: jērnaz — edible seed
• Low German: Arvt — edible seed
• Maltese: piżella — edible seed
• Marathi: वाटाणा (vāṭāṇā) — edible seed
• Middle English: pese — edible seed
• Mohegan-Pequot: pish — edible seed
• Norwegian: ert — edible seed
• Occitan: pese — edible seed
• Okinawan: まみ (mami) — edible seed
• Pannonian Rusyn: гращок (hraščok) — edible seed
• Persian: نخود (noxod) — edible seed
• Persian: نخود سبز (noxod-sabz) — edible seed
• Polish: groch — edible seed
• Portuguese: ervilha — edible seed
• Punjabi: ਮਟਰ (maṭar) — edible seed
• Romanian: mazăre — edible seed
• Romansh: arvegl — edible seed
• Russian: горо́х (goróx) — edible seed
• Russian: горо́шина (goróšina) — edible seed
• Serbo-Croatian: грашак — edible seed
• Serbo-Croatian: grašak — edible seed
• Slovak: hrach — edible seed
• Slovene: grah — edible seed
• Spanish: alverja — edible seed
• Spanish: arveja — edible seed
• Spanish: alverjón — edible seed
• Spanish: chícharo — edible seed
• Spanish: guisante — edible seed
• Spanish: pésol (also présol) — edible seed
• Spanish: petit pois (petipuá) — edible seed
• Spanish: bisalto — edible seed
• Swedish: ärta — edible seed
• Tamil: பட்டாணி (paṭṭāṇi) — edible seed
• Thai: ถั่ว (tùua) — edible seed
• Thai: ลันเตา (lan-dtao) — edible seed
• Turkish: bezelye — edible seed
• Urdu: مٹر (maṭar) — edible seed
• Walloon: poes — edible seed
• Walloon: pitit poes — edible seed
• Welsh: pysen — edible seed
• Yurok: pi·š — edible seed
• Yurok: peeesh — edible seed
• Spanish: bola rápida — in baseball