french bean

French bean

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [french been]
- /frɛntʃ bin/
- /frentʃ biːn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [french been]
- /frɛntʃ bin/

Definitions of french bean words

noun french bean British. the pod of a green bean or wax bean, eaten as a vegetable. 1
noun french bean green vegetable 1
countable noun french bean French beans are narrow green beans that are eaten as a vegetable. They grow on a tall climbing plant and are the cases that contain the seeds of the plant. 0
noun french bean a small twining bushy or annual bean plant, Phaseolus vulgaris, with white or lilac flowers and slender green edible pods 0
noun french bean the pod of this plant 0

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Origin of french bean

First appearance:

before 1545

One of the 30% oldest English words

First recorded in 1545-55

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Parts of speech for French bean

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of French bean

french bean popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 64% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

french bean usage trend in Literature

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