falafel
A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas or broad beans and…A 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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Meaning
3 senses(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.
Falafel
фала́фельfaláfelʹ
фала́фельfaláfelʹ
(countable)A pita with falafel balls as a filling.
(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.
- small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds
Examples
16 sentencesWhere could I buy some falafel?
That place has the best falafel.
Matza balls are my heritage; falafels are not.
What is falafel and how is it made?
ruЧто такое фалафель и как его готовят? — marafon
Maybe she died with a falafel in her hands.
ruМожет, она умерла с фалафелем в руках. — Ooneykcall
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil). Doublet of peepul and pepper.Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil). Doublet of peepul and pepper.
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Forms
plural: falafels / falafelSynonyms
1 synonyms- small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds:felafel
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable