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{{also|faláfel}} |
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==English== |
==English== |
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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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Borrowed from {{bor|en|ar|فَلَافِل}} |
Borrowed from {{bor|en|ar|فَلَافِل}}. {{doublet|en|peepul|pepper}}. |
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* {{der|en|fa|پلپل|tr=pilpil}},<ref>"[//dehkhoda.ut.ac.ir/fa/dictionary/75996/%D9%BE%D9%84%D9%BE%D9%84 پلپل]". ''dehkhoda.ut.ac.ir/fa''. Retrieved 15 February 2022.</ref> from {{der|en|sa|पिप्पली||long pepper}}, or |
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* {{der|en|arc|||tr=pilpāl|small round thing, peppercorn}} derived from {{m|arc|||tr=palpēl|to be round, roll}}.<ref>{{R:AHD}}</ref><ref>{{cite-book|author=Isaac E. Mozeson|title=The Word: The Dictionary That Reveals the Hebrew Source of English|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=iK1i2qtYBTIC&pg=PA123|accessdate=12 October 2011|date=September 2002|publisher=SP Books|isbn=978-1-56171-942-6|page=123}}</ref> |
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* a plural word from the root f-l-f-l (ف ل ف ل) related to the plural word {{m|ar|فلفل|tr=filfil}}.<ref>أحمد مختار عمر (2008). [//archive.org/details/waq99366/page/n1740/mode/2up?view=theater معجم اللغة العربية المعاصرة]. Cairo: عالم الكتب. pp. 1740, 1741. Retrieved 17 February 2022.</ref> |
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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
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[[image:Falafel.JPG|thumb|'''falafel''' balls]] |
[[image:Falafel.JPG|thumb|'''falafel''' balls]] |
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* {{IPA|en|/fəˈlɑːfəl/|/fəˈlæfəl/|/fəˈlɒfəl/|a=UK}} |
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** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-falafel.wav| |
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-falafel.wav|a=Southern England}} |
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* {{IPA|en|/fəˈlɑfəl/|a=US}} |
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* {{rhymes|en|æfəl|ɑːfəl|ɒfəl|s1=3|s3=2}} |
* {{rhymes|en|æfəl|ɑːfəl|ɒfəl|s1=3|s3=2}} |
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* {{hyphenation|en|fa|la|fel}} |
* {{hyphenation|en|fa|la|fel}} |
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{{en-noun|~|s|falafel}} |
{{en-noun|~|s|falafel}} |
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# {{lb|en|uncountable}} A [[Middle Eastern]] [[food]] in the form of [[ball]]s made from [[chickpea]]s or broad beans and other ingredients |
# {{lb|en|uncountable}} A [[Middle Eastern]] [[food]] in the form of [[ball]]s made from [[chickpea]]s or broad beans and other ingredients, often served in a [[pita]]. |
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|passage=Lebanese restaurants are especially good for vegetarians, with '''falafel''' rolls (pitta bread stuffed with chickpea patties, hummus and tabbouleh) making an inexpensive, filling meal.}} |
|passage=Lebanese restaurants are especially good for vegetarians, with '''falafel''' rolls (pitta bread stuffed with chickpea patties, hummus and tabbouleh) making an inexpensive, filling meal.}} |
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#* {{quote-book|en|year=2003 |title=Finding Falafel|author=Holly M. Moskowitz |page=58 |ISBN=|passage=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. }} |
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2003 |title=Finding Falafel|author=Holly M. Moskowitz |page=58 |ISBN=|passage=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. }} |
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#* {{quote-book|en|year=2003 |title=Finding Falafel|author=Holly M. Moskowitz |page=58 |ISBN=|passage=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. }} |
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2003 |title=Finding Falafel|author=Holly M. Moskowitz |page=58 |ISBN=|passage=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. }} |
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#* {{quote-book|en|year=2010 |title=How to Win a Cosmic War: Confronting Radical Religions |author=Reza Aslan |page=161 |ISBN=|passage=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. }} |
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2010 |title=How to Win a Cosmic War: Confronting Radical Religions |author=Reza Aslan |page=161 |ISBN=|passage=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. }} |
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#* {{quote-book|en|year=2012 |title=Lilian|author=Giveon Cornfield |page=186 |ISBN=|passage=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.}} |
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2012 |title=Lilian|author=Giveon Cornfield |page=186 |ISBN=|passage=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.}} |
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#* '''2013''', Ruchama King Feuerman, ''In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist'', New York Review of Books ({{ISBN|9781590177495}}), page 218: |
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# {{lb|en|countable}} A single falafel ball. |
# {{lb|en|countable}} A single falafel ball. |
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====Translations==== |
====Translations==== |
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{{trans-top|Middle Eastern food}} |
{{trans-top|Middle Eastern food}} |
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* Arabic: {{t|ar|فَلَافِل| |
* Arabic: {{t|ar|فَلَافِل|p}}, {{qualifier|Egypt}} {{t+|ar|طَعْمِيَّة|f}} |
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* Armenian: {{t|hy|ֆալաֆել}} |
* Armenian: {{t|hy|ֆալաֆել}} |
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* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|falafel}}, {{t|az|fəlafel}} |
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|falafel}}, {{t|az|fəlafel}} |
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* Chinese: |
* Chinese: |
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*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|三角豆餅|tr=saam1 gok3 dau6 beng2}} |
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|三角豆餅|tr=saam1 gok3 dau6 beng2}} |
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*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|鷹 |
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|鷹嘴豆泥球|tr=yīngzuǐdòuníqiú}}, {{t|cmn|法拉費|tr=fǎlāfèi}} |
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* Czech: {{t+|cs|falafel|m}} |
* Czech: {{t+|cs|falafel|m}} |
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* Danish: {{t|da|falafel|c}}, {{t|da|falafler|c-p}} |
* Danish: {{t|da|falafel|c}}, {{t|da|falafler|c-p}} |
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* Dutch: {{t+|nl|falafel|m}} |
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|falafel|m}} |
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* Esperanto: {{t|eo|kikerbuloj|p}}, {{t|eo|falafloj|p}} |
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|kikerbuloj|p}}, {{t|eo|falafloj|p}} |
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* Finnish: {{t|fi|falafel}} |
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|falafel}} |
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* French: {{t+|fr|falafels|m-p}}, {{t+|fr|falafel|m}} |
* French: {{t+|fr|falafels|m-p}}, {{t+|fr|falafel|m}} |
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* German: {{t+|de|Falafel|f|n}} |
* German: {{t+|de|Falafel|f|n}} |
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* Japanese: {{t|ja|ファラフェル|tr=faraferu}}, {{t|ja|ファラーフェル|tr=farāferu}} |
* Japanese: {{t|ja|ファラフェル|tr=faraferu}}, {{t|ja|ファラーフェル|tr=farāferu}} |
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* Kannada: {{t|kn|ಫ಼ಲಾಫ಼ಲ್}} |
* Kannada: {{t|kn|ಫ಼ಲಾಫ಼ಲ್}} |
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* Kazakh: {{t|kk|фалафель}} |
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|фалафель}} |
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* Korean: {{t|ko|팔라펠}} |
* Korean: {{t|ko|팔라펠}} |
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* Marathi: {{t|mr|फलाफल|m}}, {{t|mr|फेलाफिल|m}}, {{t|mr|फेलॅफिल|m}} |
* Marathi: {{t|mr|फलाफल|m}}, {{t|mr|फेलाफिल|m}}, {{t|mr|फेलॅफिल|m}} |
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* Persian: {{t+|fa|فلافل|tr=falâfel}}, {{t|fa|طعمیه|tr=ta'mye}} |
* Persian: {{t+|fa|فلافل|tr=falâfel}}, {{t|fa|طعمیه|tr=ta'mye}} |
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* Portuguese: {{t|pt|faláfel|m}}, {{t|pt|falafel|m}} |
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|faláfel|m}}, {{t|pt|falafel|m}} |
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|фала́фель|m}} |
* Russian: {{t+|ru|фала́фель|m}} |
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*: Roman: {{t|sh|falafel|m}} |
*: Roman: {{t|sh|falafel|m}} |
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* Slovak: {{t|sk|falafel|m}}, {{t|sk|faláfil|m}} |
* Slovak: {{t|sk|falafel|m}}, {{t|sk|faláfil|m}} |
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* Spanish: {{t|es|falafel|m}}, {{t|es|faláfel|m}} |
* Spanish: {{t+|es|falafel|m}}, {{t+|es|faláfel|m}} |
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* Swedish: {{t+|sv|falafel|c}}, {{t+|sv|falaflar|c-p}} |
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|falafel|c}}, {{t+|sv|falaflar|c-p}} |
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* Tajik: {{t|tg|фалофил}} |
* Tajik: {{t|tg|фалофил}} |
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{{trans-top|pita with falafel balls inside}} |
{{trans-top|pita with falafel balls inside}} |
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* Chinese: |
* Chinese: |
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*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|[[法拉費]][[皮塔餅 |
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|[[法拉費]][[皮塔餅]]|tr=fǎlāfèi pítǎbǐng}} |
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* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[falafel]]-[[pita]]}}, {{t|fi|[[falafel]]-[[rulla]]}} |
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[falafel]]-[[pita]]}}, {{t|fi|[[falafel]]-[[rulla]]}} |
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* Spanish: {{t|es|falafel|m}}, {{t|es|faláfel|m}} |
* Polish: {{t+|pl|falafel|m}} |
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* Spanish: {{t+|es|falafel|m}}, {{t+|es|faláfel|m}} |
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* Catalan: {{t|ca|falàfel|m}} |
* Catalan: {{t|ca|falàfel|m}} |
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* Chinese: |
* Chinese: |
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*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|鷹 |
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|鷹嘴豆泥球|tr=yīngzuǐdòuníqiú}}, {{t|cmn|法拉費|tr=fǎlāfèi}} |
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* Danish: {{t|da|falafel|c}}, {{t|da|falaffel|c}} |
* Danish: {{t|da|falafel|c}}, {{t|da|falaffel|c}} |
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* Dutch: {{t|nl|falafelballetje|n}} |
* Dutch: {{t|nl|falafelballetje|n}} |
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* Esperanto: {{t|eo|kikerbulo}}, {{t|eo|falaflo}} |
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|kikerbulo}}, {{t|eo|falaflo}} |
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* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[falafel]]-[[pyörykkä]]}}, {{t|fi|[[falafel]]-[[pulla]]}} |
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[falafel]]-[[pyörykkä]]}}, {{t|fi|[[falafel]]-[[pulla]]}} |
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* French: {{t+|fr|falafel|m}} |
* French: {{t+|fr|falafel|m}} |
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* Greek: {{t|el|ρεβυθοκεφτές|m}}, {{t+|el|ρεβιθοκεφτές|m}}, {{t+|el|φαλάφελ|n}}, {{t+|el|φελάφελ|n}} |
* Greek: {{t|el|ρεβυθοκεφτές|m}}, {{t+|el|ρεβιθοκεφτές|m}}, {{t+|el|φαλάφελ|n}}, {{t+|el|φελάφελ|n}} |
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* Polish: {{t+|pl|falafel|m}} |
* Polish: {{t+|pl|falafel|m}} |
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* Slovak: {{t|sk|[[falafelový|falafelová]] [[guľôčka]]|f}} |
* Slovak: {{t|sk|[[falafelový|falafelová]] [[guľôčka]]|f}} |
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* Spanish: {{t|es|falafel|m}}, {{t|es|faláfel|m}} |
* Spanish: {{t+|es|falafel|m}}, {{t+|es|faláfel|m}} |
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* Swedish: {{t+|sv|falafel|c}} |
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|falafel|c}} |
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{{topics|en|Foods}} |
{{topics|en|Foods}} |
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==Danish== |
==Danish== |
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===Alternative forms=== |
===Alternative forms=== |
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* {{ |
* {{alt|da|falaffel}} |
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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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Borrowed from {{bor|da|ar|فَلَافِل}} |
Borrowed from {{bor|da|ar|فَلَافِل}}. |
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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
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{{da-noun-infl|stem=falafl|en|er}} |
{{da-noun-infl|stem=falafl|en|er}} |
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{{ |
{{C|da|Foods}} |
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==Dutch== |
==Dutch== |
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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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Borrowed from {{bor|nl|ar|فَلَافِل}} |
Borrowed from {{bor|nl|ar|فَلَافِل}}. |
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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
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{{wikipedia|lang=nl}} |
{{wikipedia|lang=nl}} |
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* {{IPA|nl|/fɑˈlɑfəl/|/fɑˈlaːfəl/}} |
* {{IPA|nl|/fɑˈlɑfəl/|/fɑˈlaːfəl/}} |
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* {{audio|nl|Nl-falafel.ogg |
* {{audio|nl|Nl-falafel.ogg}} |
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===Noun=== |
===Noun=== |
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{{topics|nl|Foods}} |
{{topics|nl|Foods}} |
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==Finnish== |
==Finnish== |
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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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Borrowed from {{bor|fi|ar|فَلَافِل}} |
Borrowed from {{bor|fi|ar|فَلَافِل}}. |
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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
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====Declension==== |
====Declension==== |
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{{fi-decl- |
{{fi-decl-risti|falafel|||a|i=0}} |
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===Further reading=== |
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* {{R:KTSK|accessdate=2023-07-02}} |
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{{topics|fi|Foods}} |
{{topics|fi|Foods}} |
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* {{fr-IPA}} |
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* {{audio|fr|Fr-falafel.ogg}} |
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===Noun=== |
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# [[#English|falafel]] |
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==Polish== |
==Polish== |
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{{wp|lang=pl}} |
{{wp|lang=pl}} |
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[[File:Dishes at falafel shop in Roppongi 2.jpg|thumb|falafel]] |
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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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{{intnat|pl}}; compare {{cog|en|falafel}}, {{cog|fr|falafel}}, {{cog|de|Falafel}}, ultimately from {{der|pl|ar|فَلَافِل}}. |
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===Noun=== |
===Noun=== |
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{{pl-noun|m-in}} |
{{pl-noun|m-anml,m-in}} |
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# {{l|en|falafel}} {{gl|Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas or broad beans and other ingredients, often served in a pita}} |
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====Declension==== |
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{{pl-decl-noun |
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|falafel|falafele |
|falafel|falafele/falafle |
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|falafela|falafeli |
|falafela/falafla|falafelów/falaflów/falafeli/falafli |
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|falafelowi|falafelom |
|falafelowi/falaflowi|falafelom/falaflom |
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|falafel/falafela|falafele |
|falafel/falafela/falafla|falafele/falafle |
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|falafelem|falafelami |
|falafelem/falaflem|falafelami/falaflami |
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|falafelu|falafelach |
|falafelu/falaflu|falafelach/falaflach |
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|falafelu|falafele |
|falafelu/falaflu|falafele/falafle |
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===Further reading=== |
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* {{R:pl:WSJP}} |
* {{R:pl:WSJP}} |
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* {{R:PWN}} |
* {{R:pl:PWN}} |
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==Spanish== |
==Spanish== |
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* {{ |
* {{alt|es|faláfel||following the Arabic stress}} |
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===Etymology=== |
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{{bor+|es|ar|فَلَافِل}}. |
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{{es-pr}} |
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* {{rhymes|es|el|s=3}} |
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* {{hyphenation|es|fa|la|fel}} |
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===Noun=== |
===Noun=== |
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{{es-noun|m}} |
{{es-noun|m}} |
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# {{l|en|falafel}} |
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===Further reading=== |
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{{C|es|Foods}} |
{{C|es|Foods}} |
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==Swedish== |
==Swedish== |
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===Etymology=== |
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Borrowed from {{bor|sv|ar|فَلَافِل}} |
Borrowed from {{bor|sv|ar|فَلَافِل}}. |
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===Pronunciation=== |
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* {{rhymes|sv|affel}} |
* {{rhymes|sv|affel}} |
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* {{hyphenation|sv|fa|la|fel}} |
* {{hyphenation|sv|fa|la|fel}} |
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{{sv-noun-irreg-c|2=falafeln|3=falaflar}} |
{{sv-noun-irreg-c|2=falafeln|3=falaflar}} |
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====Derived terms==== |
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{{topics|sv|Foods}} |
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* {{l|sv|falafelrulle}} |
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Latest revision as of 06:04, 14 June 2024
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil). Doublet of peepul and pepper.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /fəˈlɑːfəl/, /fəˈlæfəl/, /fəˈlɒfəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /fəˈlɑfəl/
- Rhymes: -æfəl, -ɑːfəl, -ɒfəl
- Hyphenation: fa‧la‧fel
Noun
[edit]falafel (countable and uncountable, plural falafels or falafel)
- (uncountable) A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas or broad beans and other ingredients, often served in a pita.
- There's a stall at the market that sells fantastic falafel.
- 2003, Margo Daly, Rough guide to Australia, page 51:
- Lebanese restaurants are especially good for vegetarians, with falafel rolls (pitta bread stuffed with chickpea patties, hummus and tabbouleh) making an inexpensive, filling meal.
- 2003, Holly M. Moskowitz, Finding Falafel, page 58:
- 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.
- (countable) A pita with falafel balls as a filling.
- 2003, Holly M. Moskowitz, Finding Falafel, page 58:
- 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.
- 2010, Reza Aslan, How to Win a Cosmic War: Confronting Radical Religions, page 161:
- 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.
- 2012, Giveon Cornfield, Lilian, page 186:
- 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.
- 2013, Ruchama King Feuerman, In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist, New York Review of Books, →ISBN, page 218:
- 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.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:falafel.
- (countable) A single falafel ball.
- The stallholder puts salad into an open pita bread, followed by the four falafels, and then liberally covers them with hummus.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Middle Eastern food
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pita with falafel balls inside
single falafel ball
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Danish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]falafel c (singular definite falaflen, plural indefinite falafler)
- falafel (single ball)
Declension
[edit]Declension of falafel
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | falafel | falaflen | falafler | falaflerne |
genitive | falafels | falaflens | falaflers | falaflernes |
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]falafel m (plural falafels, diminutive falafeltje n)
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]falafel
Declension
[edit]Inflection of falafel (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | falafel | falafelit | |
genitive | falafelin | falafelien | |
partitive | falafelia | falafeleja | |
illative | falafeliin | falafeleihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | falafel | falafelit | |
accusative | nom. | falafel | falafelit |
gen. | falafelin | ||
genitive | falafelin | falafelien | |
partitive | falafelia | falafeleja | |
inessive | falafelissa | falafeleissa | |
elative | falafelista | falafeleista | |
illative | falafeliin | falafeleihin | |
adessive | falafelilla | falafeleilla | |
ablative | falafelilta | falafeleilta | |
allative | falafelille | falafeleille | |
essive | falafelina | falafeleina | |
translative | falafeliksi | falafeleiksi | |
abessive | falafelitta | falafeleitta | |
instructive | — | falafelein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “falafel”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]falafel m (plural falafels)
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Internationalism; compare English falafel, French falafel, German Falafel, ultimately from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]falafel m animal or m inan
- falafel (Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas or broad beans and other ingredients, often served in a pita)
Declension
[edit]Declension of falafel
singular | plural | |
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nominative | falafel | falafele/falafle |
genitive | falafela/falafla | falafelów/falaflów/falafeli/falafli |
dative | falafelowi/falaflowi | falafelom/falaflom |
accusative | falafel/falafela/falafla | falafele/falafle |
instrumental | falafelem/falaflem | falafelami/falaflami |
locative | falafelu/falaflu | falafelach/falaflach |
vocative | falafelu/falaflu | falafele/falafle |
Further reading
[edit]- falafel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- falafel in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- faláfel (following the Arabic stress)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]falafel m (plural falafeles)
Further reading
[edit]- “falafel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -affel
- Hyphenation: fa‧la‧fel
Noun
[edit]falafel c
Declension
[edit]Declension of falafel | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | falafel | falafeln | falaflar | falaflarna |
Genitive | falafels | falafelns | falaflars | falaflarnas |
Derived terms
[edit]References
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- English terms borrowed from Arabic
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- Rhymes:English/æfəl
- Rhymes:English/æfəl/3 syllables
- Rhymes:English/ɑːfəl
- Rhymes:English/ɒfəl
- Rhymes:English/ɒfəl/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English indeclinable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English terms with usage examples
- English terms with quotations
- en:Foods
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- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- da:Foods
- Dutch terms borrowed from Arabic
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- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch masculine nouns
- nl:Foods
- Finnish terms borrowed from Arabic
- Finnish terms derived from Arabic
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑlɑfel
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑlɑfel/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- fi:Foods
- French terms borrowed from Arabic
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- French 3-syllable words
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- French nouns
- French countable nouns
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- Polish internationalisms
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- Rhymes:Polish/afɛl
- Rhymes:Polish/afɛl/3 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish animal nouns
- Polish inanimate nouns
- Polish nouns with multiple animacies
- pl:Foods
- pl:Middle East
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- Rhymes:Spanish/el
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- Spanish lemmas
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- es:Foods
- Swedish terms borrowed from Arabic
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- Rhymes:Swedish/affel
- Swedish lemmas
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- sv:Foods