fażola

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian fasola, from Latin phaseolus, from Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈzɔː.la/

Noun

fażola f (collective, singulative fażola, plural fażoli, paucal fażoliet)

1. bean

Usage notes

• Used especially of kinds other than the broad bean (Maltese fula), but also generically for all sorts.
• The singular serves both as a singulative (meaning a single seed) and as a collective (meaning several seeds or a mass of them). The plural form refers to a small number of beans or to different kinds of beans.