Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fava

/ˈfɑː.və/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.30 in modern English

Syllables: fa-va
IPA: /ˈfɑː.və/

10

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fava bean; a bean (seed or seed pod) of plants of species Vicia faba or the plant itself.

name

A surname from Italian.

Example Sentences

"1976, I. I. Gottesman, J. Shields, Rejoinder: Toward optimal arousal and away from original din, Schizophrenia Buletin, 2: 447-453, quoted in 2004, Jay Joseph, The Gene Illusion, page 269, Favism, a hemolytic anemia that follows the eating of fava or broadbeans, provides a textbook example of a genotype X environment interaction."
"When spring arrives the fava arrives and everyone in the Mediterranean can dream up a way of cooking it."
"Add the favas and cook for 1 minute."
"In cool temperate zones favas are planted early in the growing season, several weeks before the last frost, and grown as a summer annual, much like other vegetable crops of the Fabaceae."

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fava. Cognate with Portuguese fava and Spanish haba (“broad bean”). Doublet of bean.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: fava

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈfɑː.və/

Inflected Forms

favas (plural)

Derived Forms

favism Favaloru

Phrases

fava bean

Rhymes With

java lava cava guava nava sava srivastava slava lacava rubalcava votava ava

Questions

How do you pronounce fava?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɑː.və/.
What does fava mean?: A fava bean; a bean (seed or seed pod) of plants of species Vicia faba or the plant itself.
Where does fava come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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