falafel
See also: faláfel
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil). Doublet of peepul and pepper.
Pronunciation
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Audio (RP): (file)
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- Rhymes: -æfəl, -ɑːfəl, -ɒfəl
- Hyphenation: fa‧la‧fel
Noun
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.
- 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.
- There's a stall at the market that sells fantastic falafel.
- (countable) A pita with falafel balls inside (like a sandwich or a wrap).
- 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
Translations
Middle Eastern food
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pita with falafel balls inside
single falafel ball
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Danish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil).
Pronunciation
Noun
falafel c (singular definite falaflen, plural indefinite falafler)
- falafel (single ball)
Declension
Declension of falafel
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | falafel | falaflen | falafler | falaflerne |
genitive | falafels | falaflens | falaflers | falaflernes |
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil).
Pronunciation
Noun
falafel m (plural falafels, diminutive falafeltje n)
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil).
Pronunciation
Noun
falafel
Declension
Inflection of falafel (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | falafel | falafelit | |
genitive | falafelin | falafelien falafeleiden falafeleitten | |
partitive | falafelia | falafeleita falafeleja | |
illative | falafeliin | falafeleihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | falafel | falafelit | |
accusative | nom. | falafel | falafelit |
gen. | falafelin | ||
genitive | falafelin | falafelien falafeleiden falafeleitten | |
partitive | falafelia | falafeleita 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. |
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil).
Pronunciation
Noun
falafel m inan
Declension
Declension of falafel
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | falafel | falafele |
genitive | falafela | falafeli |
dative | falafelowi | falafelom |
accusative | falafel/falafela | falafele |
instrumental | falafelem | falafelami |
locative | falafelu | falafelach |
vocative | falafelu | falafele |
Further reading
- falafel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Template:R:PWN
Spanish
Alternative forms
- faláfel (following the Arabic stress)
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil).
Pronunciation
Noun
falafel m (plural falafeles)
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -affel
- Hyphenation: fa‧la‧fel
Noun
falafel c
Declension
Declension of falafel | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | falafel | falafeln | falaflar | falaflarna |
Genitive | falafels | falafelns | falaflars | falaflarnas |
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Arabic
- English terms derived from Arabic
- English doublets
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- 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 quotations
- English terms with usage examples
- en:Foods
- Danish terms borrowed from Arabic
- Danish terms derived from Arabic
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- da:Foods
- Dutch terms borrowed from Arabic
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- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- 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 paperi-type nominals
- fi:Foods
- Polish terms borrowed from Arabic
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- Rhymes:Polish/afɛl
- Rhymes:Polish/afɛl/3 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish inanimate nouns
- pl:Foods
- Spanish terms borrowed from Arabic
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- Rhymes:Spanish/el
- Rhymes:Spanish/el/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
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- es:Foods
- Swedish terms borrowed from Arabic
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- Rhymes:Swedish/affel
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
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- sv:Foods