φασούλι

• IPA^(key): /faˈsu.li/
• Hyphenation: φα‧σού‧λι

Inherited from Byzantine Greek φασούλιν (phasoúlin), diminutive of Hellenistic Koine Greek φάσουλος (phásoulos), from φασίολος (phasíolos), from Latin phaseolus, diminutive of phaselus, itself from Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos). Also see φασόλι (fasóli).

φασούλι • (fasoúli) n (plural φασούλια)

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of φασόλι (fasóli, “bean”)

• αμπελοφάσουλο m (ampelofásoulo, “runner bean”)
• φασουλής m (fasoulís, “a puppet theatre character”)

and colloquial variations:

• φασουλάκι (fasouláki), of φασολάκι n (fasoláki, “French bean”)
• φασουλάδα (fasouláda), of φασολάδα f (fasoláda, “white bean soup”)
• φασουλιά (fasouliá), of φασολιά f (fasoliá, “bean plant”)

Borrowed from Italian fasullo (“fake”), plural fasulli, mistaken for singular φασούλι (fasoúli, “bean”) by pseudoetymology.^[1]

φασούλι • (fasoúli) n (plural φασούλια)

1. (idiomatic, colloquial) an unexpected problem