soybean

See also: soy bean

English

Alternative forms

• soya bean, soyabean
• soy bean

Etymology

From soy +‎ bean.

Pronunciation

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Noun

soybean (plural soybeans)

1. A legume plant (Glycine max), commonly cultivated for human and animal consumption and as a nitrogen-fixing ground cover.
2. The edible seed of this plant.
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     Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.

Synonyms

• soy, soya

Derived terms

• field soybean
• green soybean
• IOM soybeans
• soybean oil
• soybean rust

 

Translations

plant

• Arabic: فُول اَلصُّويَا m pl (fūl aṣ-ṣūyā)

  Egyptian Arabic: فول الصويا m pl (fūl eṣ-ṣōyā)

• Burmese: ပဲကျပ်ပျဉ် (my) (pai:kyappyany)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 黃豆／黄豆 (wong⁴ dau^6-2)

  Mandarin: 大豆 (zh) (dàdòu), 黃豆／黄豆 (zh) (huángdòu)

• Esperanto: sojujo
• Finnish: soija (fi), soijapapu (fi)
• French: soja (fr) m
• Georgian: სოიო (soio)
• German: Sojabohne (de) f
• Hawaiian: pāpapa koiū
• Hungarian: szójabab (hu)
• Indonesian: kedelai (id)
• Ingrian: sooja
• Italian: soia (it) f
• Japanese: 大豆 (ja) (だいず, daizu)
• Kazakh: соя (soä)
• Khmer: សណ្ដែកសៀង (sɑndaek siǝng)
• Korean: 콩 (ko) (kong)
• Kyrgyz: соя (ky) (soya)
• Lao: ຖົ່ວເຫລືອງ (thūa lư̄ang)
• Macedonian: соја f (soja)
• Malay: soya (ms), kedelai (archaic)
• Malayalam: സോയ (sōya)
• Maori: hoi
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: шар буурцаг (šar buurcag)

• Persian: سویا (fa) (soyâ)
• Polish: soja (pl) f
• Portuguese: soja (pt) f
• Russian: со́я (ru) f (sója)
• Southern Altai: соя (soya)
• Spanish: soja (es) f
• Swedish: soja (sv) c, sojaböna (sv) c
• Tagalog: utaw
• Thai: ถั่วเหลือง (th) (tùua-lʉ̌ʉang)
• Vietnamese: đậu nành (vi)

seed — see also soy

• Arabic: فُول اَلصُّويَا m pl (fūl aṣ-ṣūyā)

  Egyptian Arabic: فول الصويا m pl (fūl eṣ-ṣōyā)

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 黃豆／黄豆 (wong⁴ dau^6-2), 大豆 (daai⁶ dou^6-2)

  Hokkien: 黃豆／黄豆 (n̂g-tāu), 大豆 (tōa-tāu), 腐豆 (hū-tāu)

  Mandarin: 大豆 (zh) (dàdòu), 黃豆／黄豆 (zh) (huángdòu)

• Danish: sojabønne (da) c
• Esperanto: sojfabo
• Faroese: soyabøn
• Finnish: soijapapu (fi)
• French: soja (fr) m
• German: Sojabohne (de) f
• Greek: κύαμος σόγιας m (kýamos sógias)
• Hungarian: szójabab (hu)
• Icelandic: sojabaun f
• Indonesian: kacang kedelai (id)
• Irish: pónaire shoighe f
• Italian: soia (it) f
• Japanese: 大豆 (ja) (だいず, daizu), ダイズ (daizu)
• Khmer: សណ្ដែកសៀង (sɑndaek siǝng)
• Korean: 콩 (ko) (kong)
• Macedonian: соино зрно n (soino zrno)
• Malay: kacang soya (ms), kacang kedelai
• Maori: hoi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: soyabønne m or f

  Nynorsk: soyabønne f

• Polish: soja (pl) f
• Portuguese: grão de soja m
• Russian: со́я (ru) f (sója), со́евый боб m (sójevyj bob)
• Spanish: soya (es) f, soja (es) f
• Sundanese: ᮊᮨᮓᮨᮜᮦ (kedelé)
• Swedish: sojaböna (sv) c
• Tagalog: utaw
• Thai: ถั่วเหลือง (th) (tùua-lʉ̌ʉang)
• Vietnamese: đậu nành (vi)

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• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} sojaboon (nl) c

Further reading

• soybean on Wikipedia.Wikipedia