fève
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See also: FEVE
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French feve, from Latin faba, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (“bean”). Cognate with Spanish haba, Italian fava.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
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fève f (plural fèves)
- strictly, a broad bean (Vicia faba)
- non-legume beans, as in coffee beans
- the trinket in a king cake (galette des rois) – originally an actual broad bean, today often a plastic, metal or porcelain figurine
- (North America) bean
Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “fève”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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