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bean

Pronunciation: /bæ͜ɑːn/

“bean” is an Old English word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. bean (especially the broad bean)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *baunu. Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian bāne, bām (West Frisian bean), Old Saxon bōna (Low German Bohn), Dutch boon, Old High German bōna (German Bohne), Old Norse baun (Danish bønne, Swedish böna).

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