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Definition: Bean |
BeanNoun1. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae. 2. Any of various seeds or fruits suggestive of beans. 3. Any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods. 4. Informal terms for a human head. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bean" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1374. (references) |
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Computing | Bean JavaBeans. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Food & Agriculture | Any kind of leguminous plant with edible usually kidney-shapped seeds in long pods. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Bean Every bean has its black. Nemo sine vitiis nascitur, "everyone has his faults." The bean has a black eye. (Ogni grano ha la sua semola.) He has found the bean in the cake, he has got a prize in the lottery, has come to some unexpected good fortune. The allusion is to twelfth cakes in which a bean is buried. When the cake is cut up and distributed, he who gets the bean is the twelfth-night king. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | BEAN. A guinea. Half bean; half a guinea. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Green BeansBean is a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of leguminosae (English: leguminous, legumes), used for food or feed.
The term "beans" can also apply to the related species of peas, lentils, vetches and lupins.
Soybeans and peanuts, although leguminous species, are excluded from this article as they are mainly grown for oil extraction.
In English usage beans sometimes also refer to seeds or other organs of non leguminosae for example coffee beans, vanilla beans and cocoa beans.
Vegetables or Pulses
Leguminous crops harvested green for food like snap beans, green peas etc. are classified as vegetable crops. The term "pulses" is usually reserved for those leguminous crops which are harvested for their dry grain. Pulses exclude those crops mainly used for oil extraction like soybean and peanut) or those used exclusively for sowing purposes (clover and alfalfa).Of economic importance are the beans of the following genera of leguminosae
- Phaseolus
- Vigna
- Vicia
- Dolichos
- Pisum
- Lens
- Lupinus
Phaseolus spp
The genus Phaseolus contains 55 species, 5 of which have been domesticated. All Phaseolus species originate in Meso America and have been cultivated for thousands of years by pre-Columbian civilizations.Today, Phaseolus species are cultivated worldwide in both tropical, semi tropical and temperate climates.
Phaseolus vulgaris
P. vulgaris exists in many forms and colours. They are grown as dry beans or as green beans. There are bushy types, climbing types, green, yellow or speckled pods, black, green, red, and speckled seeds. This enormous variety in forms and colours of the different plant parts has given rise to a great variation in names.
P. vulgaris grown for dried bean production are known as pinto, kidney, navy, black turtle bean.
P. vulgaris grown for fresh consumption is known as snap, french, green, wax (yellow pods), pole or runner (climbing) beans.
Phaseolus coccineus
P. coccineus is normally a pluriannual plant whith stems that can reach several metres. The main uses are the green pods or the white dried seeds. The seeds are large. The scarlet runner beans have been grown extensively in Meso America, Europe and parts of Africa (Ethiopia). P. coccineus has large flowers which are scarlet or white in colour. Due to its flowers, scarlet runner beans are also grown as ornamental plants in the USA and Europe. P.coccineus is often grown in association with maize or sorghum whereby the maize or sorghum acts as support for the semi climbing runner beans.
Phaseolus acutifolius or Tepary bean
P. acutifolius is a very drought reistant bean which is grown in (semi)desert conditions from Arizona through Mexico to Costa Rica. The water requirements are low and the crop will grow in areas where annual rainfall is less than 400 mm.
Phaseolus lunatis
Also known as Lima bean, butter bean, duffin bean, rangoon bean, burma bean.
P. lunatis is well adapted to the drier climates.
Vigna spp
The genus Vigna includes a number of important food crops grown in tropical and semi tropical regions.
- Vigna angularis Adzuki bean
- Vigna radiata Mung bean
- Vigna sinensis Cowpea, balckeye pea/bean
- Vigna sesquipedalis Yardlong bean
Vicia spp
- Vicia faba horse bean, broad bean, field bean
- Vicia sativa common vetch
Dolichos spp
- Dolichos lablab Lablab bean, Hyacinth bean
Pisum spp
- Pisum sativum Garden pea
- Pisum arvense Field pea, protein pea
Lens esculata
- Lentil
Lupinus spp
Other beans
- Cicer arietinum Chick pea, Garbanzo bean, Bengal gram
- Canavalia ensiformis Jack bean, Sword bean
- Pachyrhizus spp Yam bean, Jicama
- Psophocarpus tetragonolobus Winged bean
- Stizolobium spp Velvet bean
- Cyamopsis tetragonoloba Guar bean
- Cajanus cajan Pigeon pea, cajan pea, Congo bean
Cultivating beans
From the 1881 Household CyclopediaBeans naturally succeed a culmiferous crop, and we believe it is not of much importance which of the varieties is followed, provided the ground be in decent order, and not worn out by the previous crop. The furrow ought to be given early in winter, and as deep as possible, that the earth may be sufficiently loosened, and room afforded for the roots of the plant to search for the requisite nourishment. The first furrow is usually given across the field, which is the best method when only one spring furrow is intended; but as it is now ascertained that two spring furrows are highly advantageous, the one in winter ought to be given in length, which lays the ground in a better situation for resisting the rains, and renders it sooner dry in spring than can be the case when ploughed across. On the supposition that three furrows are to be given, one in winter and two in spring, the following is the most eligible preparation:
Modes of drilling
The land being ploughed in length as early in winter as is practicable, and the gaw and headland furrows sufficiently dug out, take the second furrow across the first as soon as the ground is dry enough in spring to undergo the operation; water it immediately, and dig again the gaw and headland furrows, otherwise the benefit of the second furrow may be lost. This being done, leave the field for some days, till it is sufficiently dry, when a cast of the harrows becomes necessary, so that the surface may be leveled. Then enter with the ploughs and form the drills, which are generally made up with an internal of twenty-seven inches. In the hollow of this interval deposit the seed by a drill-barrow, and reverse or slit out the drills to cover the seed, which finishes the process for the time. After ten or twelve days, according to the state of the weather, cross-harrow the drills, thereby leveling the field for the hoeing process. Water the whole thing in a neat manner, and spade and shovel the gaw and the headland furrows, which concludes the whole process.
This is the most approved way of drilling beans. The next best is to give only one spring furrow, and to run the drill-barrow after every third plough, in which way the intervals are nearly of the same extent as already mentioned. Harrowing is afterwards required before the young plants reach the surface, and water-furrowing, etc., as above described.
Dung is often given to beans, especially when they succeed wheat which has not received manure. The best way is to apply the dung on the stubble before the winter furrow is given, which greatly facilitates the after process. Used in this way, a fore stock must be in hand; but where the farmer is not so well provided spring dunging becomes necessary, though evidently of less advantage. At that season it may either be put into the drills before the seed is sown or spread upon the surface and ploughed down, according to the nature of the drilling process which is meant to be adopted. Land dunged to beans, if duly hoed, is always in high order for carrying a crop of wheat in succession. Perhaps better wheat, both in respect to quantity and quality, may be cultivated in this way than in any other mode of sowing.
Different machines have been invented for drilling beans, but the most common and handy is one of the narrow form. This hand drill is pushed forward by a man or woman, and will, according as the brush or director is lowered or heightened, sow thicker or thinner, as may be expedient and necessary. Another machine; drawn by a horse, and sowing three drills at a time, has been constructed, and upon flat lands will certainly distribute the seed with the most minute exactness. Upon unequal fields, and even on those laid out in high ridges, the use of this machine is attended with a degree of inconvenience sufficient to balance its advantages. The hand-drill, therefore, in all probability, will be retained for general use, though the other is capable of performing the work with minuter regularity.
Seed quantity
Less than four bushels ought not to be hazarded if a full crop is expected. We seldom have seen thin beans turn out well, unless the soil is particularly rich; nay, unless the rows close, weeds will get away after the cleaning process is finished, thereby disappointing the object of drilling and rendering the system of little avail towards keeping the ground in good condition.
Hoeing process
Beans are cleaned in various ways: 1st. By the handhoe. 2nd. By the scraper, or Dutch hoe. 3d. By a plough of small domensions, but constructed upon the principles of the approved swing plough. Ploughs with double mould-boards are likewise used to earth them up, and with all good managers the weeds in the drills which cannot be touched by the hoe are pulled out by the hand; otherwise no field can be considered as fully cleaned.
In treating of the cleaning process we shall confine ourselves to the one most suited to the generality of bean soils. About ten or twelve days after the young plants have appeared above the surface, enter with the scraper, and loosen any weeds that may have vegetated. At this time the wings or cutters of the implement ought to be particularly sharp, so that the scraper may not run too deep and throw the earth upon the plants. In about ten days after the ground is scraped, according to the state of the weather, and other circumstances, use the small swing plough to lay the earth away from the sides of the rows, and in doing so go as near to the plants as possible, taking care at the same time not to loosen their roots. If any weeds stand in the rows pull them out with the hand, afterwards earth-up the plants with the small swing plough, or run the scraper in the intervals, as may seem expedient.
Cultural aspects
In ancient Greece and Rome, beans were used in voting (a white bean meant yes and a black bean meant no) and as a food for the dead, such as during the annual Lemuria festival. In some folk legends, such as in Estonia and the common Jack and the Beanstalk story, magical beans grow tall enough to bring the hero to the clouds. The Grimm Brothers collected a story in which a bean splits its sides laughing at the failure of others. Dreaming of a bean is sometimes said to be a sign of impending conflict, though others said they caused bad dreams. Pliny claimed they acted as a laxative. European folklore also claims that planting beans on Good Friday or during the night-time is good luck.In English usage, bean is used to denote energy and activity, such as the idiom "full of beans". To "spill the beans" means to give out a secret.
In Java, Bean is a reusable software component. See Enterprise Java Beans.
The title character's name in the Mr. Bean series.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bean."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Mr. Bean is a British comedy television series starring Rowan Atkinson, a famous British comedian. The programme was produced by Tiger Television, later renamed Tiger Aspect productions (a company in which Atkinson has a stake), for Thames Television and originally shown on ITV. The show in America was broadcast on PBS intermittently over the past few years.In the show, Atkinson plays a selfish, sometimes ingenious buffoon who frequently gets into hilarious situations due to his various schemes and contrivances.
The humor of the show is very physical (as opposed to verbal), and the main character speaks very little, if at all, during most shows. It features Mr. Bean trying to undertake what would normally be considered simple tasks, such as going swimming, redecorating or taking an exam. The humour largely comes from his original solutions to any problems, and a total disregard for others when solving them.
Mr. Bean is the star of the show, and doesn't share the spotlight with anyone else. Other characters exist simply to provide victims for his various antics, and besides the star, there are is only one recurring character, his sometime "girlfriend" Irma Gobb.
The show's title sequence (used from the second episode onward) depicts Mr. Bean falling from the sky in a beam of light. It is not clear whether this is meant as a literal depiction of the character's origins, but it might as well be: he is alone in the world, is frequently childlike, and often seems unaware of basic aspects of the way the world works.
The words sung by the choir that occurs in the series are:
A movie, Bean, was made based on the show in 1997, but this broke with the show's tradition by having a subplot with more developed characters. Instead of being the sole show, Mr. Bean now played second fiddle to the travails of a typical suburban, American family (having been sent to America by a group of acquaintances who wanted a break from having him messing up their lives).
- Ecce homo qui est faba (Behold the man who is a bean) Sung at beginning
- Finis partis primae (End of part one) Sung at before the break
- Vale homo qui est faba (Farewell, man who is a bean) Sung at end
The character was revived again in the 2002 animated series, Mr Bean. Some people have questioned the point of an animated Mr. Bean - although he is now capable of far stranger adventures (and facial expressions), they lack the interest generated when it was an actual person doing it.
An earlier, unrelated character called Mr. Bean the postman, played by Adrian Edmondson, had appeared in a 1980s episode of The Comic Strip Presents entitled "Dirty Movie".
External Links
- Mr Bean - The Animated Series official site
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mr. Bean."
Synonyms: BeanSynonyms: attic (n), bean plant (n), bonce (n), dome (n), edible bean (n), noggin (n), noodle (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Accounts | Accountant, auditor, actuary, bookkeeper, bean counter; financier; accounting party; chartered accountant, certified accountant; accounting firm, auditing firm. |
Amusement | Holiday; gala day, red letter day, play day; high days and holidays; high holiday, Bank holiday; May day, Derby day; Saint Monday, Easter Monday, Whit Monday; Bairam; wayz-goos, bean feast; Arbor Day, Declaration Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving Day; Mardi gras,mi-careme, feria, fiesta. |
Nomenclature | Be -called; Verb: take the name of, bean the name of, go by the name of, be known by the name of, go under the name of, pass under the name of, rejoice in the name of. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | You think I'm an accountant, a bean counter who's more interested in my numbers than your instincts (GoldenEye; writing credit: Ian Fleming; Michael France) Uncle Bean is dying (It's a Gift; writing credit: Jack Cunningham; W.C. Fields) If ya sniff what The Bean is brewin' (GWF Monday Night Attitude; writing credit: Nick Anastasio; Joe Bonilla) Mr. Bean, are you presently on any kind of medication (Bean; writing credit: Richard Curtis; Robin Driscoll) | |
Lyrics | You've been learnin', baby, I bean learnin', (Whole lotta love; performing artist: Led Zeppelin) Than all the bean sprouts in Japan (I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead; performing artist: Weird Al Yankovic) | |
Clever | A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Freebie and the Bean (1974) Judge Roy Bean (1956) The Bear and the Bean (1948) Their Last Bean (1939) String Bean Jack (1938) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Bean with Tools on the Ocean of Storms. Credit: NASA. |  | Bean Samples The Ocean of Storms. Credit: NASA. |
 | Mate R. P. Bush, Chief Engineer Chamberlin, and George L. Bean. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | George L. Bean Captain of the GUIDE. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Pontinus macrolepis Goode & Bean. In: "The Fishes of Porto Rico", by Barton Warren Evermann and Millard Caleb Marsh. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. XX for 1900. First Part. P. 350, Plate 43. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Peristedion gracile Goode & Bean. In: "The Fishes of Porto Rico", by Barton Warren Evermann and Millard Caleb Marsh. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. XX for 1900. First Part. P. 350, Plate 44. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | The old SURVEYOR in Alaska in 1931. Ink sketch by _ Bean. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Watson, W., and W. Bean. Orchids: Their Culture and Management. London: L. Upcott Gill, 1893. Credit: USDA. |
 | Closeup of green bean. Credit: USDA. |  | Plant physiologist Grace Chen removes castor bean pods to test for genetic transformation. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Brian Prechtel.. |
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| "Ornamental bean sphere 4" by Annette Gulick Commentary: "An ornamental ball covered in red beans." | "Bean" by João Estêvão A. De Freitas Commentary: "Bean." |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | For example, instead of wheat flour, people can use potato, rice, soy, or bean flour. (references) | |
Business | Zacatecas and San Luis Potosí are corn and bean croppers. (references) | |
Economic History | Mauritius | Soya bean oil constituted 85%, sunflower oil 12%, palm olein the remainder. (references) |
Tanzania | Soy bean oil has gained popularity in the country due to its calorific value. (references) | |
Tanzania | Best prospects for agricultural goods are corn (maize), soy bean oil, and wheat. (references) | |
Trade | El Salvador | This 1992, agreement includes customs standardization, free trade for all products originating in both countries, except raw coffee in all forms (berry, pergamin and bean), wheat flour, refined and unrefined sugar, oil and petroleum by-products. (references) |
Sri Lanka | The Ministry of Health has announced the implementation of a ban on the import of Genetically Modified (GM) food products from September 1, 2001. The list of banned items would include, among others, GM soya bean products except for soya bean oil, corn and corn products, tomato and tomato products, cheese, potatoes, yeast, and micro-biological starter cultures. (references) | |
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| "Bean" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "Bean" is used about 533 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 83.33% | 445 | 13,012 |
| Noun (proper) | 16.67% | 89 | 34,931 |
| Total | 100.00% | 533 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "bean" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Bean | Last name | 17,000 | 713 |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "bean". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Pul | N/A | Biblical | Bean |
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Expressions using "bean": Adsuki bean ♦ adzuki bean ♦ algaroba bean ♦ algarroba bean ♦ asparagus bean ♦ bean aphid ♦ Bean aphis ♦ bean bag ♦ bean beetle ♦ bean blight ♦ bean buritto ♦ Bean caper ♦ bean curd ♦ bean dip ♦ bean feast ♦ Bean fly ♦ Bean goose ♦ bean plant ♦ bean pod ♦ bean pole ♦ bean salad ♦ bean shoot ♦ bean soup ♦ bean sprout ♦ bean Station ♦ bean the name of ♦ bean tostada ♦ bean tree ♦ Bean trefoil ♦ Bean weevil ♦ Belly Bean diet ♦ Bengal bean ♦ Benghal bean ♦ black bean ♦ Bog bean ♦ broad bean ♦ Buck bean ♦ bush bean ♦ butter bean ♦ cacao bean ♦ Calabar bean ♦ carob bean ♦ carob bean tree ♦ Castor bean ♦ castor bean plant ♦ China bean ♦ Chinese mung bean ♦ civet bean ♦ cluster bean ♦ cocoa bean ♦ coffee bean ♦ common bean ♦ common bean plant ♦ coral bean ♦ coral bean tree ♦ edible bean ♦ Egyptian bean ♦ english bean ♦ english runner bean ♦ european bean ♦ fava bean ♦ field bean ♦ floater bean ♦ Florida bean ♦ french bean ♦ fresh bean ♦ garbanzo bean ♦ giant stock bean ♦ goa bean ♦ goa bean vine ♦ green bean ♦ haricot bean ♦ Hog's bean ♦ horse bean ♦ hyacinth bean ♦ Ignatius bean ♦ immature bean ♦ indian bean ♦ jack bean ♦ jelly bean ♦ Jequirity bean ♦ jumby bean ♦ jumping bean ♦ Kentucky wonder bean ♦ kidney bean ♦ lima bean ♦ lima bean plant ♦ locust bean ♦ Manila bean ♦ Mary's bean ♦ mescal bean ♦ mesquite bean ♦ mexican bean beetle ♦ mexican jumping bean ♦ moth bean ♦ mung bean ♦ navy bean ♦ not to be worth a bean ♦ not to have a bean ♦ old bean ♦ ordeal bean. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "bean": bean-bag, bean-bags, Bean-bayog, bean-caper family, bean-counter, bean-counters, bean-eating, bean-field, bean-goose, bean-like, Bean-nighe, bean-pole, bean-row, bean-rows, bean-shaped, bean-sprout, bean-stalk, bean-tin, bean-wagon. | |
Ending with "bean": baked-bean, broad-bean, carob-bean, chilli-bean, dwarf-bean, head-bean, pea-bean, rice-and-bean, soya-bean. | |
Containing "bean": broad-bean plant, butter-bean plant, calabar-bean vine. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
ll bean | 8,073 | adzuki bean importer | 175 |
white kidney bean | 6,030 | coffee bean and tea leaf | 171 |
mr bean | 1,546 | green bean recipe | 163 |
bean bag chair | 1,401 | agriculture bean | 149 |
bean bag | 1,272 | green bean casserole | 146 |
coffee bean | 833 | fava bean | 137 |
bean | 797 | bean screen | 133 |
jelly bean | 733 | red bean rice | 133 |
adzuki agriculture bean | 559 | bean seed | 132 |
sean bean | 513 | green coffee bean | 130 |
recipe for baked bean | 433 | castor bean | 128 |
baked bean | 411 | bean jumping mexican | 121 |
white bean | 318 | agriculture bean broad | 121 |
adzuki bean company list | 308 | bean recipe | 120 |
bean bag game | 308 | the bean tree | 116 |
billy bean | 305 | bean cobain frances | 113 |
kidney bean | 265 | pinto bean | 111 |
green bean | 220 | bean bag furniture | 107 |
bean bag toss | 193 | refried bean | 106 |
vanilla bean | 190 | adzuki bean seller | 106 |
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| Language | Translations for "bean"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | bathë (legume), kokërr (Berry, bulb, corn, grain, lump), grosha. (various references) | |
Arabic | فول (broad bean, horse-beans), فاصوليا (haricot bean, kidney bean, string bean), لوبيا, حبة الفول, رأس (apex, cos, head, noggin, pate, point, poll, preside, superintend, tip, top, trunk, vertex), دماغ (brain, brains). (various references) | |
Basque | babarrun. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | áótooksiinaattsi. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | зърно (corn, grain, kernel, mammilla, nipple, seed), бобче. (various references) | |
Chamorro | abuchuela. (various references) | |
Chinese | 豆 (sacrificial vessel). (various references) | |
Cornish | faven. (various references) | |
Czech | fazole (haricot bean, kidney bean). (various references) | |
Danish | bønne (dry beans, French bean, haricot beans, pellet). (various references) | |
Dutch | boon (haricot), veldboon (field bean), tuinboon. (various references) | |
Esperanto | fabo. (various references) | |
Faeroese | bøna (beg, beseech). (various references) | |
Farsi | چیزکم ارزش وجزءی , لوبیا, حبه (Grain), دانه (Bait, Birdseed, Grain, Granule, Kernel, Pill, Rash, Seed, Semen), باقلا. (various references) | |
Finnish | papu (pea). (various references) | |
French | fève (broad bean). (various references) | |
Frisian | beane, bean. (various references) | |
German | bohne (droppings). (various references) | |
Greek | φασόλι (haricot, kidney bean). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | grosha. (various references) | |
Hebrew | שעועית (kidney bean), פול (broad bean, gland, horse bean), אפונה (pea). (various references) | |
Hungarian | bab (beans, haricot bean), kávészem, paszuly (haricot, haricot bean), kobak (can, coconut, crumpet, gourd, nob, noddle, pate), karóbab (haricot, haricot bean), guba (bread, chips, dough, dumps, lolly, rhino, wampum), fej (crumpet, head, knob, mask, nab, nob, noddle, nut, pate, skin, to milk, to sponge on), diószén (egg). (various references) | |
Indonesian | buncis. (various references) | |
Italian | fava (broad bean). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 豆腐 (bean-curd, tofu). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | もやし (bean sprouts), だいふく (good luck, great fortune, rice cake stuffed with bean jam), いんげんまめ (kidney bean), こおりどうふ (dried bean curd, frozen tofu), りょくとう (variety of green bean), あおまめ (green bean, variety of soy bean), あんこ (red bean jam, secure, solid, stable), あん (plan, red bean jam, suffix meaning draft), あげ (fried bean curd, making a tuck, rise in price), いまがわやき, もなか (wafer cake filled with bean jam), でんがく (bean curd baked and coated with miso, ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples), ようかん (bean jelly, hips, sweet bean jelly, western-style house, your letter), みそ (bean paste, keypoint, miso), はるさめ (bean-jelly sticks, noodles made from beans, spring rain), としおとこ (bean scatterer), とうふいっちょう (one cake of bean curd), とうふ (bean-curd, tofu), とうごま (castor oil bean), だいず (soya bean), だいふくもち (rice cake stuffed with sweet bean jam), コーヒーまめ (coffee bean), しゅんう (bean-jelly sticks, noodles made from beans, spring rain), おたふくまめ (large broad bean), マーボードーフ (Sichuan style bean curd), マーボどうふ (Sichuan style bean curd), ビーンボール (bean ball), くずまんじゅう (ball of bean paste coveed with a kudzu starch glaze), なたまめ (sword bean), なまあげ (deep-fried bean curd, undercooked), ねりがし (Japanese sweets made of bean paste), いりどうふ (boiled and seasoned bean curd, seasoned tofu), そらまめ (broad bean, horse bean), たいやき (fish-shaped pancake filled with bean jam), しみどうふ (dried bean curd, frozen tofu), ひまし (castor bean, daily, day by day), まめがら (bean husk), まめまき (bean-scattering, scattering parched beans), まめかす (bean cake, soybeanmeal), まめいた (candied bean slab), ぼたもち (Adzuki bean mochi), さくらもち (rice cake with bean paste wrapped in a cherry leaf), うずらまめ (pinto bean), くろまめ (black soy bean). (various references) | |
Korean | 콩 (Beans, soybean). (various references) | |
Malay | kacang (arrack, rack). (various references) | |
Manx | poanrey (legume). (various references) | |
Maori | piini. (various references) | |
Maya | box-iib (black bean), xkan-iib (yellow bean), sak-iib (white bean), chak-bu'ul (red bean). (various references) | |
Norwegian | bønne. (various references) | |
Occitan | monja (que se manja). (various references) | |
Papago | muhni. (various references) | |
Papiamen | bonchi (haricot). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eanbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | feijão (haricot, kidney bean), fava (broad bean). (various references) | |
Romanian | bob (bob sleigh, bobsled, bobsleigh, corn, grain, kernel, Pearl, seed, speck), tigvã (apex, nob, noddle, nut, pate, skull), fi lefter (be cleaned out, be down on one's uppers), fasole (french bean, kidney bean), duzã (jet, nozzle, spout), cap (beginning, brains, Cape, chief, chump, end, foreland, front, head, heading, headland, judgment, knob, lid, loaf, mastermind, Mull, Ness, noddle, noggin, nut, pate, peak, peninsula, pericranium, pommel, promontory, rock, sense, skull, top, understanding). (various references) | |
Russian | боб (bobb, legume). (various references) | |
Scottish | bean-tighe (but usually ind., inflected as bean is), pònair (bean or beans, collectively), no (a man, else, if not : fear no bean, neither, nor, or, otherwise). (various references) | |
Sepedi | nawa. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pasulj. (various references) | |
Shona | nyemba. (various references) | |
Spanish | haba (common bean, French bean, garden bean, kidney bean). (various references) | |
Sranan | bonki, pesi (pea). (various references) | |
Swedish | böna (beseech, bird, broad, implore, string bean). (various references) | |
Tagalog | sitaw. (various references) | |
Thai | ถั่ว. (various references) | |
Turkish | fasulye (haricot). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ударити по голові (nob), квасоля (haricot), гроші (balsam, blunt, brass, cash, charm, chink, clink, dibs, dime, dough, l.s.d., money, moo, necessary, needful, ocher, ochre, oil, oof, pelf, posh, scads, shekels, sugar, the stuff, treasure, wherewithal), горішок (nutlet), горошина (pea, pease), голова (attic, chair, chairman, chief, conk, head, nob, noddle, noggin, noodle, nut, onion, pate, president, topknot), монета (coin), завідуючий їдальнею, біб (legume, pulse), продовольство (food, rations, supplies, viands, victual). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | bị mắng mỏ, toàn những chuyện lặt vặt không đáng kể láu, sôi nổi (ardent, ardently, bean-fed, effervescent, feverish, fiery, hectic, hot-blooded, hot-spririted, keen, mettled, mettlesome, passionate, rousing, vehement), mắng mỏ ai hết sức nhanh. (various references) | |
Welsh | ffa+en. (various references) | |
Zulu | ubhontshisi. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | faba, fabam, Phaseolus L. Spec.. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bean": beanbag, beanbags, beanball, beanballs, beaned, beaneries, beanery, beanie, beanies, beaning, beanlike, beano, beanos, beanpole, beanpoles, beans, beanstalk, beanstalks. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "bean": amebean, amoebean, bogbean, buckbean, horsebean, jellybean, screwbean, shebean, soybean. (additional references) | |
Words containing "bean": bogbeans, buckbeans, horsebeans, jellybeans, screwbeans, shebeans, soybeans. (additional references) | |
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"Bean" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: baan, bana, baun, bayan, Bayano, bazan, bea, Beab, Beac, beaf, Beaini, beand, beane, beani, beant, Beanz, beap, beaw, beaz, beca, becan, Bedan, beena, Beene, beeny, befa, Befana, begn, behan, beman, Benani, Benat, beni, benn, beon, Beona, beran, berang, berani, besan, Besana, Besanko, Betano, beva, bevan, Bevna, beza, bian, biane, biang, Bifano, Biman, bina, Binab, blan, blean, bleany, bleen, bneen, boan, boant, bojan, boyan, buang, Bukan, bvan, Bwea, byan, ean, eba, eban, eben, ebin, Ibfan, oean, qean, zean. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "bean" (pronounced bē"n) |
| 3 | b ē" n | Sabine. |
| 2 | -ē" n | fifteen, figurine, agin, Amin, aquamarine, baleen, benzene, between, caffeine, canteen, careen, casein, Citrine, clean, colleen, convene, cuisine, Dean, demean, eighteen, foreseen, fourteen, gelatine, gene, glean, green, haen, intervene, Jean, keen, latrine, lean, lien, machine, marine, mean, mien, Moline, Moreen, mujahedeen, mujahideen, Nene, nineteen, obscene, onscreen, preen, preteen, propylene, queen, ravine, reconvene, saline, sardine, scene, screen, seen, serene, seventeen, sheen, sixteen, skeen, skene, spleen, sunscreen, tambourine, tangerine, teen, thirteen, trampoline, Treen, umpteen, unclean, unforeseen, unseen, vaccine, wean, wolverine. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: bane, nabe. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-n" | |
-1 letter: ane, ban, ben, nab, nae, neb. | |
-2 letters: ab, ae, an, ba, be, en, na, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-n" | |
+1 letter: baned, banes, beano, beans, began, nabes. | |
+2 letters: absent, ameban, badmen, bagmen, baleen, banded, bander, banged, banger, bangle, banked, banker, banned, banner, bannet, banter, barmen, barren, batmen, batten, baymen, beacon, beaned, beanie, beanos, beaten, bedamn, bedpan, bemean, bemoan, bename, benday, benzal, bezant, binate, borane, brazen, butane, byname, cabmen, embank, enable, graben, nabbed, nabber, nearby, nebula, sabine, unable, unbear, urbane. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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