chickpea
Syllables: chick·peaUK/ˈt͡ʃɪkˌpiː//ˈt͡ʃɪkˌpi/
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chickpea noun: an annual plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.
Noun
chickpea (plural chickpeas)
- An annual plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.
- Synonyms:
- Bengal gram, garbanzo
- A seed of this plant, often used as a food.
- Chickpea is valued for its nutritive seeds with high protein content.
- Synonyms:
- Bengal gram, garbanzo bean
chickpea meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
chickpea in Hindi
- seed
- काबुली चना kābulī canā, काबूली kābūlī, छोला cholā, चना canā
chickpea in Tamil
- plant
- கடலை kaṭalai
chickpea in Urdu
- seed
- چھولا cholā
chickpea in Bengali
- seed
- ছোলা chōla
More languagesFewer languages
- chickpea in Telugu
- సెనగ senaga
- chickpea in Malayalam
- കടല kaṭala
- chickpea in Kannada
- ಕಡಲೆ kaḍale
- chickpea in Punjabi
- ਛੋਲਾ cholā
- chickpea in Gujarati
- ચણો caṇo
- chickpea in Sanskrit
- चणक caṇaka
- chickpea in Assamese
- বুট গছ but gos, বুট but
- chickpea in Tagalog
- garbansos
- chickpea in Arabic
- حِمِّص ḥimmiṣ
- chickpea in Malay
- kacang kuda
- chickpea in Indonesian
- kacang arab, kacang kuda
- chickpea in Persian
- نخود noxod, نخودچی noxodči
- chickpea in Thai
- ถั่วหัวช้าง
- chickpea in Vietnamese
- đậu gà
- chickpea in Myanmar
- ကုလားပဲ ku.la:pai:, ပဲခြမ်း pai:hkram:, ပဲဆန် pai:hcan
Examples of chickpea in a sentence
- To make hummus you need to blend chickpeas, olive oil, lemon juice and garlic.
- Socca, a soft chickpea pancake, is as popular in Nice as pizza is in New York City.
- Garbanzo bean (Cicer arietinum L.), also called chickpea, is a large-seeded annual legume.
Synonyms of chickpea
Forms of chickpea
| plural | chickpeas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | chick pea |
Origin of chickpea
Calque of French pois chiche, from pois (“pea”) + chiche, from Old French cice, from Latin cicer (“chickpea”).
Words formed from chickpea
Questions about chickpea
- What does chickpea mean?
- Chickpea means an annual plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.
- What is chickpea in Hindi?
- Chickpea in Hindi is काबुली चना (kābulī canā), काबूली (kābūlī), छोला (cholā). See Chickpea meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is chickpea?
- Chickpea is a noun.
- How do you pronounce chickpea?
- Chickpea is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɪkˌpiː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of chickpea?
- The plural of chickpea is chickpeas.
Words near chickpea in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chickpea (page history and authors); चणक (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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