"falafel" meaning in English

See falafel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fəˈlɑːfəl/ [UK], /fəˈlæfəl/ [UK], /fəˈlɒfəl/ [UK], /fəˈlɑfəl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-falafel.wav Forms: falafels [plural], falafel [plural]
Rhymes: -æfəl, -ɑːfəl, -ɒfəl Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil). Doublet of peepul and pepper. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|فَلَافِل}} Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil), {{doublet|en|peepul|pepper}} Doublet of peepul and pepper Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|falafel}} falafel (countable and uncountable, plural falafels or falafel)
  1. (uncountable) A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas or broad beans and other ingredients, often served in a pita. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Foods Translations (Middle Eastern food): فَلَافِل (falāfil) [plural] (Arabic), طَعْمِيَّة (ṭaʕmiyya) [Egypt, feminine] (Arabic), ֆալաֆել (falafel) (Armenian), falafel (Azerbaijani), fəlafel (Azerbaijani), ফালাফেল (phalaphel) (Bengali), фала́фел (faláfel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), falàfel [masculine] (Catalan), palapel (Cebuano), palápel (Cebuano), 三角豆餅 (Chinese Cantonese), 三角豆饼 (saam¹ gok³ dau⁶ beng²) (Chinese Cantonese), 鷹嘴豆泥球 (Chinese Mandarin), 鹰嘴豆泥球 (yīngzuǐdòuníqiú) (Chinese Mandarin), 法拉費 (Chinese Mandarin), 法拉费 (fǎlāfèi) (Chinese Mandarin), falafel [masculine] (Czech), falafel [common-gender] (Danish), falafler [plural] (Danish), falafel [masculine] (Dutch), kikerbuloj [plural] (Esperanto), falafloj [plural] (Esperanto), falafel (Finnish), falafels [masculine, plural] (French), falafel [masculine] (French), Falafel [feminine, neuter] (German), φαλάφελ (faláfel) [neuter] (Greek), φελάφελ (feláfel) [neuter] (Greek), פָלָאפֶל (faláfel) [masculine] (Hebrew), फलाफल (phalāphal) (Hindi), फलाफिल (phalāphil) (Hindi), फलाफेल (phalāphel) (Hindi), falafel (Hungarian), falafel [masculine, plural, singular] (Italian), felafel [masculine, plural, singular] (Italian), ファラフェル (faraferu) (Japanese), ファラーフェル (farāferu) (Japanese), ಫ಼ಲಾಫ಼ಲ್ (falāfal) (Kannada), фалафель (falafel) (Kazakh), 팔라펠 (pallapel) (Korean), фалафель (falafel) (Kyrgyz), felāfels [masculine] (Latvian), falafels [masculine] (Latvian), falafeliai [masculine, plural] (Lithuanian), falafel (Malay), फलाफल (phalāphal) [masculine] (Marathi), फेलाफिल (phelāphil) [masculine] (Marathi), फेलॅफिल (phelĕphil) [masculine] (Marathi), فلافل (falâfel) (Persian), falafel [masculine] (Polish), faláfel [masculine] (Portuguese), falafel [masculine] (Portuguese), фала́фель (faláfelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), фалафел [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), falafel [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), falafel [masculine] (Slovak), faláfil [masculine] (Slovak), falafel [masculine] (Spanish), faláfel [masculine] (Spanish), falafel [common-gender] (Swedish), falaflar [plural] (Swedish), фалофил (falofil) (Tajik), ஃபிளாபல் (fiḷāpal) (Tamil), ฟาลาเฟล (faa-laa-feel) (Thai), ฟะลาฟิล (fá-laa-fil) (Thai), felafel (Turkish), tamiya (Turkish), фала́фель (faláfelʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), פֿאַלאַפֿעל (falafel) [neuter] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-falafel-en-noun-j5VlnLDm Disambiguation of Foods: 70 28 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Cebuano translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kannada translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Kyrgyz translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tajik translations, Terms with Tamil translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 3 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 96 3 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 93 5 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 3 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 89 9 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 86 11 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 88 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 87 11 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 88 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 90 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 88 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Cebuano translations: 92 6 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 85 13 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 93 5 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 89 8 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 92 5 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 90 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 91 7 2 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 90 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 88 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 88 9 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 90 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 89 9 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 94 4 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 92 5 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Kannada translations: 86 11 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 88 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 88 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Kyrgyz translations: 88 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 88 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 88 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 88 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 86 12 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 90 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 90 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 86 12 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 88 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 94 4 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 88 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 88 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 94 4 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 89 9 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 89 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Tamil translations: 86 11 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 86 11 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 89 9 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 90 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 92 6 2 Disambiguation of 'Middle Eastern food': 100 0 0
  2. (countable) A pita with falafel balls as a filling. Tags: countable Translations (pita with falafel balls inside): 法拉費皮塔餅 (Chinese Mandarin), 法拉费皮塔饼 (fǎlāfèi pítǎbǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), falafel-pita (Finnish), falafel-rulla (Finnish), falafel [masculine] (Polish), falafel [masculine] (Spanish), faláfel [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-falafel-en-noun-8KWs2Vdk Disambiguation of 'pita with falafel balls inside': 34 60 6
  3. (countable) A single falafel ball. Tags: countable Translations (single falafel ball): falàfel [masculine] (Catalan), 鷹嘴豆泥球 (Chinese Mandarin), 鹰嘴豆泥球 (yīngzuǐdòuníqiú) (Chinese Mandarin), 法拉費 (Chinese Mandarin), 法拉费 (fǎlāfèi) (Chinese Mandarin), falafel [common-gender] (Danish), falaffel [common-gender] (Danish), falafelballetje [neuter] (Dutch), kikerbulo (Esperanto), falaflo (Esperanto), falafel-pyörykkä (Finnish), falafel-pulla (Finnish), falafel [masculine] (French), ρεβυθοκεφτές (revythokeftés) [masculine] (Greek), ρεβιθοκεφτές (revithokeftés) [masculine] (Greek), φαλάφελ (faláfel) [neuter] (Greek), φελάφελ (feláfel) [neuter] (Greek), falafel [masculine] (Italian), felafel [masculine] (Italian), falafelias [masculine] (Lithuanian), falafel [masculine] (Polish), falafelová guľôčka [feminine] (Slovak), falafel [masculine] (Spanish), faláfel [masculine] (Spanish), falafel [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-falafel-en-noun-ky20kLHU Disambiguation of 'single falafel ball': 2 4 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: felafel, falafil [uncommon] Derived forms: fawaffle

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "fawaffle"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "فَلَافِل"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "peepul",
        "3": "pepper"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of peepul and pepper",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil). Doublet of peepul and pepper.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "falafels",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "falafel",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~",
        "2": "s",
        "3": "falafel"
      },
      "expansion": "falafel (countable and uncountable, plural falafels or falafel)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "fa‧la‧fel"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "95 3 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "96 3 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 5 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 8 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "96 3 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 9 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Arabic translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 11 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Armenian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 9 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "87 11 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bengali translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 9 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 7 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Cantonese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 9 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 6 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Cebuano translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 13 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Czech translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 5 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Danish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 8 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 5 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 8 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 7 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 7 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 9 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 9 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hebrew translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 8 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hindi translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 9 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 4 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 5 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 11 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Kannada translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 9 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Kazakh translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 9 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Korean translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 9 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Kyrgyz translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 9 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Latvian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 9 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 9 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Malay translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 12 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 7 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Marathi translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 8 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Persian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 12 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 9 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 4 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 9 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 9 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Slovak translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 4 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 9 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 9 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Tajik translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 11 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Tamil translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 11 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Thai translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 9 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 8 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 6 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Yiddish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 28 1",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Foods",
          "orig": "en:Foods",
          "parents": [
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "There's a stall at the market that sells fantastic falafel.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Margo Daly, Rough guide to Australia, page 51:",
          "text": "Lebanese restaurants are especially good for vegetarians, with falafel rolls (pitta bread stuffed with chickpea patties, hummus and tabbouleh) making an inexpensive, filling meal.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Holly M. Moskowitz, Finding Falafel, page 58:",
          "text": "I ate lafa — falafel with all the regular stuffings and sauces wrapped in a pizza size pita instead of being stuffed in it. Etai ordered a regular falafel. My lafiz was twice the size of his falafel and although neither of us could finish the lafiz, we embarked on it together.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas or broad beans and other ingredients, often served in a pita."
      ],
      "id": "en-falafel-en-noun-j5VlnLDm",
      "links": [
        [
          "Middle Eastern",
          "Middle Eastern"
        ],
        [
          "food",
          "food"
        ],
        [
          "ball",
          "ball"
        ],
        [
          "chickpea",
          "chickpea"
        ],
        [
          "pita",
          "pita"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas or broad beans and other ingredients, often served in a pita."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "falāfil",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "فَلَافِل"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ṭaʕmiyya",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "Egypt",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "طَعْمِيَّة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "falafel",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "ֆալաֆել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "falafel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "fəlafel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "phalaphel",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "ফালাফেল"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "faláfel",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "фала́фел"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "falàfel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ceb",
          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "palapel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ceb",
          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "palápel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "三角豆餅"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "saam¹ gok³ dau⁶ beng²",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "三角豆饼"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "鷹嘴豆泥球"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yīngzuǐdòuníqiú",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "鹰嘴豆泥球"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "法拉費"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fǎlāfèi",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "法拉费"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "falafel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "falafel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "falafler"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "falafel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "kikerbuloj"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "falafloj"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "falafel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "falafels"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "falafel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Falafel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "faláfel",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "φαλάφελ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "feláfel",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "φελάφελ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "faláfel",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "פָלָאפֶל"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "phalāphal",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "फलाफल"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "phalāphil",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "फलाफिल"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "phalāphel",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "फलाफेल"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "falafel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural",
            "singular"
          ],
          "word": "falafel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural",
            "singular"
          ],
          "word": "felafel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "faraferu",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "ファラフェル"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "farāferu",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "ファラーフェル"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "falāfal",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "ಫ಼ಲಾಫ಼ಲ್"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "falafel",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "фалафель"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "pallapel",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "팔라펠"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "falafel",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "фалафель"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "felāfels"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "falafels"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "falafeliai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "falafel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "phalāphal",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "फलाफल"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "phelāphil",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "फेलाफिल"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "phelĕphil",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "फेलॅफिल"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "falâfel",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "فلافل"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "falafel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "faláfel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "falafel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "faláfelʹ",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "фала́фель"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "фалафел"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "falafel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "falafel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "faláfil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "falafel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "faláfel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "falafel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "falaflar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "falofil",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "фалофил"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "fiḷāpal",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "ஃபிளாபல்"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "faa-laa-feel",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "ฟาลาเฟล"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "fá-laa-fil",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "ฟะลาฟิล"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "felafel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "word": "tamiya"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "faláfelʹ",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "фала́фель"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "falafel",
          "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "פֿאַלאַפֿעל"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2003, Holly M. Moskowitz, Finding Falafel, page 58:",
          "text": "I ate lafa — falafel with all the regular stuffings and sauces wrapped in a pizza size pita instead of being stuffed in it. Etai ordered a regular falafel. My lafiz was twice the size of his falafel and although neither of us could finish the lafiz, we embarked on it together.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Reza Aslan, How to Win a Cosmic War: Confronting Radical Religions, page 161:",
          "text": "Here, close-cropped future soldiers would learn how to introduce themselves to strangers, the proper way to order a falafel and a Coke, how to shout Get out of the car.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Giveon Cornfield, Lilian, page 186:",
          "text": "They decided, sotto voce, to go out for a falafel. […] The falafel itself was incidental: it was the array of salds, pickled and fried vegetables, olives and sauces which one stuffed into the pita that made it such an adventure.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Ruchama King Feuerman, In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist, New York Review of Books, →ISBN, page 218:",
          "text": "A beggar, his head swathed in rags, was eating a falafel, bits of cucumber falling out of the pita's corners. He looked askance as Mustafa lumbered by.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A pita with falafel balls as a filling."
      ],
      "id": "en-falafel-en-noun-8KWs2Vdk",
      "links": [
        [
          "pita",
          "pita"
        ],
        [
          "filling",
          "filling"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) A pita with falafel balls as a filling."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "34 60 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "pita with falafel balls inside",
          "word": "法拉費皮塔餅"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 60 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fǎlāfèi pítǎbǐng",
          "sense": "pita with falafel balls inside",
          "word": "法拉费皮塔饼"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 60 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "pita with falafel balls inside",
          "word": "falafel-pita"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 60 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "pita with falafel balls inside",
          "word": "falafel-rulla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 60 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "pita with falafel balls inside",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "falafel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 60 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "pita with falafel balls inside",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "falafel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 60 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "pita with falafel balls inside",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "faláfel"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The stallholder puts salad into an open pita bread, followed by the four falafels, and then liberally covers them with hummus.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A single falafel ball."
      ],
      "id": "en-falafel-en-noun-ky20kLHU",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) A single falafel ball."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 94",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "single falafel ball",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "falàfel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 94",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "single falafel ball",
          "word": "鷹嘴豆泥球"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 94",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yīngzuǐdòuníqiú",
          "sense": "single falafel ball",
          "word": "鹰嘴豆泥球"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 94",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "single falafel ball",
          "word": "法拉費"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 94",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fǎlāfèi",
          "sense": "single falafel ball",
          "word": "法拉费"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 94",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "single falafel ball",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "falafel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 94",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "single falafel ball",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "falaffel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 94",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "single falafel ball",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "falafelballetje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 94",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "single falafel ball",
          "word": "kikerbulo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 94",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "single falafel ball",
          "word": "falaflo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 94",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "single falafel ball",
          "word": "falafel-pyörykkä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 94",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "single falafel ball",
          "word": "falafel-pulla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 94",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "single falafel ball",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "falafel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 94",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "revythokeftés",
          "sense": "single falafel ball",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ρεβυθοκεφτές"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 94",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "revithokeftés",
          "sense": "single falafel ball",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ρεβιθοκεφτές"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 94",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "faláfel",
          "sense": "single falafel ball",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "φαλάφελ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 94",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "feláfel",
          "sense": "single falafel ball",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "φελάφελ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 94",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "single falafel ball",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "falafel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 94",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "single falafel ball",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "felafel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 94",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "single falafel ball",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "falafelias"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 94",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "single falafel ball",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "falafel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 94",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "single falafel ball",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "falafelová guľôčka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 94",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "single falafel ball",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "falafel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 94",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "single falafel ball",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "faláfel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 94",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "single falafel ball",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "falafel"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fəˈlɑːfəl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fəˈlæfəl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fəˈlɒfəl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-falafel.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/dd/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-falafel.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-falafel.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/dd/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-falafel.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-falafel.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fəˈlɑfəl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æfəl"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːfəl"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒfəl"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "felafel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "uncommon"
      ],
      "word": "falafil"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "falafel"
  ],
  "word": "falafel"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English indeclinable nouns",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms borrowed from Arabic",
    "English terms derived from Arabic",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 8 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/æfəl",
    "Rhymes:English/æfəl/3 syllables",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑːfəl",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒfəl",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒfəl/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Armenian translations",
    "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
    "Terms with Bengali translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Cantonese translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Cebuano translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Kannada translations",
    "Terms with Kazakh translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Kyrgyz translations",
    "Terms with Latvian translations",
    "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Marathi translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tajik translations",
    "Terms with Tamil translations",
    "Terms with Thai translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Yiddish translations",
    "en:Foods"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "fawaffle"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "فَلَافِل"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "peepul",
        "3": "pepper"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of peepul and pepper",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil). Doublet of peepul and pepper.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "falafels",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "falafel",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~",
        "2": "s",
        "3": "falafel"
      },
      "expansion": "falafel (countable and uncountable, plural falafels or falafel)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "fa‧la‧fel"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "There's a stall at the market that sells fantastic falafel.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Margo Daly, Rough guide to Australia, page 51:",
          "text": "Lebanese restaurants are especially good for vegetarians, with falafel rolls (pitta bread stuffed with chickpea patties, hummus and tabbouleh) making an inexpensive, filling meal.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Holly M. Moskowitz, Finding Falafel, page 58:",
          "text": "I ate lafa — falafel with all the regular stuffings and sauces wrapped in a pizza size pita instead of being stuffed in it. Etai ordered a regular falafel. My lafiz was twice the size of his falafel and although neither of us could finish the lafiz, we embarked on it together.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas or broad beans and other ingredients, often served in a pita."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Middle Eastern",
          "Middle Eastern"
        ],
        [
          "food",
          "food"
        ],
        [
          "ball",
          "ball"
        ],
        [
          "chickpea",
          "chickpea"
        ],
        [
          "pita",
          "pita"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas or broad beans and other ingredients, often served in a pita."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2003, Holly M. Moskowitz, Finding Falafel, page 58:",
          "text": "I ate lafa — falafel with all the regular stuffings and sauces wrapped in a pizza size pita instead of being stuffed in it. Etai ordered a regular falafel. My lafiz was twice the size of his falafel and although neither of us could finish the lafiz, we embarked on it together.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Reza Aslan, How to Win a Cosmic War: Confronting Radical Religions, page 161:",
          "text": "Here, close-cropped future soldiers would learn how to introduce themselves to strangers, the proper way to order a falafel and a Coke, how to shout Get out of the car.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Giveon Cornfield, Lilian, page 186:",
          "text": "They decided, sotto voce, to go out for a falafel. […] The falafel itself was incidental: it was the array of salds, pickled and fried vegetables, olives and sauces which one stuffed into the pita that made it such an adventure.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Ruchama King Feuerman, In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist, New York Review of Books, →ISBN, page 218:",
          "text": "A beggar, his head swathed in rags, was eating a falafel, bits of cucumber falling out of the pita's corners. He looked askance as Mustafa lumbered by.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A pita with falafel balls as a filling."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pita",
          "pita"
        ],
        [
          "filling",
          "filling"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) A pita with falafel balls as a filling."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The stallholder puts salad into an open pita bread, followed by the four falafels, and then liberally covers them with hummus.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A single falafel ball."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) A single falafel ball."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fəˈlɑːfəl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fəˈlæfəl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fəˈlɒfəl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-falafel.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/dd/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-falafel.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-falafel.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/dd/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-falafel.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-falafel.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fəˈlɑfəl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æfəl"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːfəl"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒfəl"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "felafel"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "uncommon"
      ],
      "word": "falafil"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "falāfil",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "فَلَافِل"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṭaʕmiyya",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "Egypt",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "طَعْمِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "falafel",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "ֆալաֆել"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "falafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "fəlafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "phalaphel",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "ফালাফেল"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "faláfel",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фала́фел"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "falàfel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "palapel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "palápel"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "三角豆餅"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "saam¹ gok³ dau⁶ beng²",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "三角豆饼"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "鷹嘴豆泥球"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yīngzuǐdòuníqiú",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "鹰嘴豆泥球"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "法拉費"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǎlāfèi",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "法拉费"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "falafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "falafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "falafler"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "falafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "kikerbuloj"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "falafloj"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "falafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "falafels"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "falafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Falafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "faláfel",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "φαλάφελ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "feláfel",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "φελάφελ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "faláfel",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פָלָאפֶל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "phalāphal",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "फलाफल"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "phalāphil",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "फलाफिल"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "phalāphel",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "फलाफेल"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "falafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "falafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "felafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "faraferu",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "ファラフェル"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "farāferu",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "ファラーフェル"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "falāfal",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "ಫ಼ಲಾಫ಼ಲ್"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "falafel",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "фалафель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pallapel",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "팔라펠"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "falafel",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "фалафель"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "felāfels"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "falafels"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "falafeliai"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "falafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "phalāphal",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "फलाफल"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "phelāphil",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "फेलाफिल"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "phelĕphil",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "फेलॅफिल"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "falâfel",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "فلافل"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "falafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "faláfel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "falafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "faláfelʹ",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фала́фель"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фалафел"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "falafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "falafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "faláfil"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "falafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "faláfel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "falafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "falaflar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "falofil",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "фалофил"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "fiḷāpal",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "ஃபிளாபல்"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "faa-laa-feel",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "ฟาลาเฟล"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "fá-laa-fil",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "ฟะลาฟิล"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "felafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "word": "tamiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "faláfelʹ",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фала́фель"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "falafel",
      "sense": "Middle Eastern food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "פֿאַלאַפֿעל"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "pita with falafel balls inside",
      "word": "法拉費皮塔餅"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǎlāfèi pítǎbǐng",
      "sense": "pita with falafel balls inside",
      "word": "法拉费皮塔饼"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pita with falafel balls inside",
      "word": "falafel-pita"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pita with falafel balls inside",
      "word": "falafel-rulla"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pita with falafel balls inside",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "falafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pita with falafel balls inside",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "falafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pita with falafel balls inside",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "faláfel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "single falafel ball",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "falàfel"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "single falafel ball",
      "word": "鷹嘴豆泥球"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yīngzuǐdòuníqiú",
      "sense": "single falafel ball",
      "word": "鹰嘴豆泥球"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "single falafel ball",
      "word": "法拉費"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǎlāfèi",
      "sense": "single falafel ball",
      "word": "法拉费"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "single falafel ball",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "falafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "single falafel ball",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "falaffel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "single falafel ball",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "falafelballetje"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "single falafel ball",
      "word": "kikerbulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "single falafel ball",
      "word": "falaflo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "single falafel ball",
      "word": "falafel-pyörykkä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "single falafel ball",
      "word": "falafel-pulla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "single falafel ball",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "falafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "revythokeftés",
      "sense": "single falafel ball",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ρεβυθοκεφτές"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "revithokeftés",
      "sense": "single falafel ball",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ρεβιθοκεφτές"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "faláfel",
      "sense": "single falafel ball",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "φαλάφελ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "feláfel",
      "sense": "single falafel ball",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "φελάφελ"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "single falafel ball",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "falafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "single falafel ball",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "felafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "single falafel ball",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "falafelias"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "single falafel ball",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "falafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "single falafel ball",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "falafelová guľôčka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "single falafel ball",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "falafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "single falafel ball",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "faláfel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "single falafel ball",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "falafel"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "falafel"
  ],
  "word": "falafel"
}

Download raw JSONL data for falafel meaning in English (18.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-28 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-11-21 using wiktextract (65a6e81 and 0dbea76). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.