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edamame

/ˌɛdəˈmɑːmeɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

Syllables
edamame
IPA
/ˌɛdəˈmɑːmeɪ/
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Fresh green soybeans boiled as a vegetable.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 枝(えだ)豆(まめ) (edamame, literally “stem beans”).

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Inflected Forms

edamames (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce edamame?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɛdəˈmɑːmeɪ/.
What does edamame mean?
Fresh green soybeans boiled as a vegetable.
Where does edamame come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

How to pronounce edamame

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