pea

Coordinate term: bean

en:any of certain plants of the Fabaceae

Pisum sativum
Pisum sativum#Translingual

Any of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others.

Below, long rows of peas put forth their white-winged flowers, tempting the small butterflies to flutter round their inanimate likenesses;...

1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXVI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 277:

(especially, when without a qualifier) A plant, Pisum sativum, member of the legume (Fabaceae) family.

(cooking) The edible seed of Pisum sativum.

en:edible seed of various plants besides Pisum sativum

(cooking) The edible seed of various other pea plants.

peas and rice

Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata is what most people call black-eyed peas but some people call black-eyed beans.

Man's making bare peas.

Oh, come on. Help a brother out. People see you coppin', might inspire them. Look, I know you ain't payin' bills right now. Man must have bare peas saved up.

2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane, spoken by Nathan (Simon Manyonda):

peas (plural)
pease (archaic plural)
pease (alternative archaic)

→ Abenaki: piz (“a pea”)

→ Mohegan-Pequot: pish (“a pea”)

→ Yurok: pi·š, peeesh (“a pea”)

Back-formation from pease, an original singular reinterpreted as a plural. Further from Middle English pese (“a pea”), from Old English pise, from Latin pisa, pisum, from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson).


pea

(baseball) A ball travelling at high velocity.

(US, Indiana, gambling) Any of the small numbered balls used in a pea shake game.

green pea galaxy
green pea galaxy#English

(astronomy) Ellipsis of green pea galaxy.

From having the appearance of a pea (see English etymology 1), the edible seed of Pisum sativum, the pea plant.


pea

From Middle English pe, po, poue, pa, paue, from Old English pēa, pāwa (“peacock”) (compare Old English pāwe (“peahen”)) and Old Norse pái (“peacock”), both from Proto-Germanic *pāwô (“peacock”), from Latin pāvō (“peacock”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Pau, West Frisian pau, Dutch pauw, German Pfau. Doublet of Pavo.


pea

pea (genitive)
pead (partitive)
pea (nominative singular)
pead (nominative plural)
pea (accusative nominative singular)
pead (accusative nominative plural)
pea (accusative genitive singular)
pead (accusative genitive plural)
pea (genitive singular)
peade (genitive plural)
pead (partitive singular)
päid (partitive plural)
peasid (partitive plural)
peasse (illative singular)
peadesse (illative plural)
päisse (illative plural)
peas (inessive singular)
peades (inessive plural)
päis (inessive plural)
peast (elative singular)
peadest (elative plural)
päist (elative plural)
peale (allative singular)
peadele (allative plural)
päile (allative plural)
peal (adessive singular)
peadel (adessive plural)
päil (adessive plural)
pealt (ablative singular)
peadelt (ablative plural)
päilt (ablative plural)
peaks (singular translative)
peadeks (plural translative)
päiks (plural translative)
peani (singular terminative)
peadeni (plural terminative)
peana (essive singular)
peadena (essive plural)
peata (abessive singular)
peadeta (abessive plural)
peaga (comitative singular)
peadega (comitative plural)

From Proto-Finnic *pää, from Proto-Uralic *päŋe. Cognate with Finnish pää and Hungarian fej.


pea

Pea iga kord seisab ta seal kohas.

Kohe pea oleme kohal.

Rändurid uinusid pea.

soon, immediately, quickly (in modern use almost always together with some other word or affix, such as kohe, õige, nii, -gi)


pea

first/third-person singular present subjunctive

inflection of peer:
third-person singular imperative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


pea

-pea (canonical)
kupea (infinitive)
kupea (infinitive)
kutopea (infinitive negative)
pea (imperative singular)
peeni (imperative plural)
hupea (habitual)
positive subject concord + -lipea (past)
negative subject concord + -kupea (negative past)
ninapea (first-person present singular)
napea (first-person present singular)
tunapea (first-person plural present)
unapea (present second-person singular)
mnapea (plural present second-person)
anapea (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanapea (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -napea (present third-person)
sipei (first-person negative present singular)
hatupei (first-person negative plural present)
hupei (negative present second-person singular)
hampei (negative plural present second-person)
hapei (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawapei (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -pei (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -tapea (future)
negative subject concord + -tapea (future negative)
nipee (first-person singular subjunctive)
tupee (first-person plural subjunctive)
upee (second-person singular subjunctive)
mpee (plural second-person subjunctive)
apee (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
wapee (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -pee (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sipee (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngepea (irrealis present)
positive subject concord + -singepea (irrealis negative present)
positive subject concord + -ngalipea (irrealis past)
positive subject concord + -singalipea (irrealis negative past)
napea (first-person gnomic singular)
twapea (first-person gnomic plural)
wapea (gnomic second-person singular)
mwapea (gnomic plural second-person)
apea (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
wapea (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
wapea (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yapea (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
lapea (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yapea (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chapea (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyapea (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yapea (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zapea (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
wapea (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwapea (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
papea (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwapea (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -mepea (perfect)
positive subject concord + -meshapea (already-form)
negative subject concord + -japea (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kipea (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -sipopea (if-not-form)
positive subject concord + -kapee (consecutive subjunctive)
-nipea (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tupea (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kupea (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-wapea (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kupeeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-wapeeni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mpea (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-wapea (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-upea (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-ipea (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-lipea (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yapea (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kipea (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-vipea (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-ipea (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zipea (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-upea (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kupea (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-papea (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-mupea (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jipea (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-peaye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-peao (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-peao (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-peayo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-pealo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-peayo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-peacho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-peavyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-peayo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-peazo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-peao (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-peako (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-peapo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-peamo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yepea (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-opea (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-opea (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yopea (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-lopea (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yopea (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chopea (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyopea (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yopea (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zopea (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-opea (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kopea (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-popea (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-mopea (class-18 object-concord relative singular)


pea

Borrowed from English bear. Cognates include Hawaiian pea, Maori pea, Tokelauan pea and Wallisian pea.


pea

continuous action
continuous aspect#English

Indicates a continuous action; keep on, continuously

Indicates that the action was performed in spite of what preceded; nevertheless, still

From Proto-Polynesian *pea. Cognates include Tongan pea and Samoan pea.


pea

A woman's costume worn over a long skirt.


pea

Borrowed from English bear. Cognates include Hawaiian pea, Maori pea, Tahitian pea and Wallisian pea.


pea

(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Peranakan Indonesian.

Wiktionary’s coverage of Peranakan Indonesian terms


pea

Borrowed from English bear. Cognates include Hawaiian pea, Maori pea, Tahitian pea and Tokelauan pea.


pea

Inherited from Old French pel, from Latin pellis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide, cloth”).