Meanings
plural chickpeas · alternative chick pea
- An annual plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.
Synonyms: Bengal gram, garbanzo
- A seed of this plant, often used as a food.
Chickpea is valued for its nutritive seeds with high protein content.
Synonyms: Bengal gram, garbanzo bean
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn annual plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.
nounA seed of this plant, often used as a food.
More synonyms by meaning
nounAsiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincicer“chickpea”
- Old Frenchcice
- Frenchpois chiche
- Englishchickpea
Calque of French pois chiche, from pois (“pea”) + chiche, from Old French cice, from Latin cicer (“chickpea”).
More words from French, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans kekerertjie
- kekerertjieseed
Ancient Greek ἐρέβινθος
- ἐρέβινθος (erébinthos)seed
Arabic حِمِّص, حِمِّص
- حِمِّص (ḥimmiṣ)seed
- حِمِّص (ḥimmiṣ)plant
Basque txitxirio, garbantzu
- txitxirioseed
- garbantzuseed
Bengali ছোলা
- ছোলা (chōla)seed
Bulgarian нахут, леблебия
- нахут (nahut)seed
- леблебия (leblebija)seed
- нахут (nahut)plant
- леблебия (leblebija)plant
Catalan cigró, cigronera
- cigróseed
- cigroneraplant
- ciuróplant
Chinese Cantonese 雞心豆 /鸡心豆, 三角豆
- 雞心豆 /鸡心豆seed
- 三角豆seed
Chinese Mandarin 鷹嘴豆 /鹰嘴豆, 鷹嘴豆 /鹰嘴豆
- 鷹嘴豆 /鹰嘴豆 (yīngzuǐdòu)seed
- 鷹嘴豆 /鹰嘴豆 (yīngzuǐdòu)plant
Czech cizrna, cizrna
- cizrnaseed
- cizrnaplant
Danish kikært, kikærter
- kikærtseed
- kikærterseed
- kikærtplant
Dutch kikkererwt, keker
- kikkererwtseed
- kekerseed
- kekererwtseed
- Spaanse erwtseed
- kreukerwtseed
- kikkererwtplant
Esperanto kikero
- kikeroseed
Estonian kikerhernes, kikerhernes
- kikerhernesseed
- kikerhernesplant
Finnish kikherne, kahviherne
- kikherneseed
- kahviherneseed
- kikherneplant
French pois chiche, pois chiche
- pois chicheseed
- pois chicheplant
German Kichererbse, Kichererbse
- Kichererbseseed
- Kichererbseplant
Greek ρεβίθι, ρεβιθιά
- ρεβίθι (revíthi)seed
- ρεβιθιά (revithiá)plant
Hebrew הומוס, חומוס
- הומוס (humouss)seed
- חומוס (ḥumuṣ)plant
Hindi काबुली चना, काबूली
- काबुली चना (kābulī canā)seed
- काबूली (kābūlī)seed
- छोला (cholā)seed
- चना (canā)seed
Hungarian csicseriborsó, csicseriborsó
- csicseriborsóseed
- csicseriborsóplant
Icelandic kjúklingabaun, kjúklingabaun
- kjúklingabaunseed
- kjúklingabaunplant
Indonesian kacang arab, kacang kuda
- kacang arabseed
- kacang kudaseed
- kacang arabplant
- kacang kudaplant
Irish sicphiseánach, sicphiseánach
- sicphiseánachseed
- sicphiseánachplant
Italian cece, cece
- ceceseed
- ceceplant
Japanese ヒヨコ豆
- ヒヨコ豆 (hiyokomame)seed
Korean 병아리콩, 병아리콩
- 병아리콩 (byeong'arikong)seed
- 병아리콩 (byeong'arikong)plant
Latin cicer
- cicerseed
Lithuanian avinžirnis
- avinžirnisseed
Malay kacang kuda, kacang kuda
- kacang kudaseed
- kacang kudaplant
Norwegian Bokmål kikert, kikert
- kikertseed
- kikertplant
Persian نخود, نخودچی
- نخود (noxod)seed
- نخودچی (noxodči)seed
Polish ciecierzyca, ciecierzyca
- ciecierzycaseed
- ciecierzycaplant
Portuguese grão-de-bico, grão-de-bico
- grão-de-bicoseed
- grão-de-bicoplant
Punjabi ਛੋਲਾ
- ਛੋਲਾ (cholā)seed
Romanian năut, năut
- năutseed
- năutplant
Russian нут, нут
- нут (nut)seed
- нут (nut)plant
- туре́цкий горо́х (turéckij goróx)plant
- наха́т (naxát)plant
- ху́мус (xúmus)plant
- бара́ний горо́х (baránij goróx)plant
Slovak cícer baraní
- cícer baraníseed
Spanish garbanzo, garbanzo
- garbanzoseed
- garbanzoplant
Swedish kikärt, kikärt
- kikärtseed
- kikärtplant
Tagalog garbansos, garbansos
- garbansosseed
- garbansosplant
Tamil கடலை
- கடலை (kaṭalai)plant
Thai ถั่วหัวช้าง
- ถั่วหัวช้างseed
Turkish nohut, nohut
- nohutseed
- nohutplant
Ukrainian нут, турецький горох
- нут (nut)seed
- турецький горох (turecʹkyj horox)seed
Urdu چھولا
- چھولا (cholā)seed
Vietnamese đậu gà
- đậu gàseed
Welsh gwygbys, ffacbys
- gwygbysseed
- ffacbysseed
Yiddish נאַהיט, אַרבעס
- נאַהיט (nahit)seed
- אַרבעס (arbes)seed
- נאַהיט (nahit)plant
- אַרבעס (arbes)plant
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Cite this entry
chickpea. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chickpea
“chickpea.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chickpea. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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