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Maltese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian fasola, from Latin phaseolus, from Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos).
Pronunciation
Noun
fażola f (collective, singulative fażola, plural fażoli, paucal fażoliet)
- 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.