Maltese edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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

  1. bean

Usage notes edit

  • 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.