pea
/piː/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The edible seed of Pisum sativum.
noun
The edible seed of various other pea plants.
noun
noun
A ball travelling at high velocity.
Example Sentences
- "Below, long rows of peas put forth their white-winged flowers, tempting the small butterflies to flutter round their inanimate likenesses;..."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek πίσον (píson)bor. Latin pisum Late Latin pisader. Old English pise Middle English pese English peasebf. English 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).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
- American usage
- Archaic
- Uncountable
- Countable