Meanings
nounedamame (countable and uncountable, plural edamames)
plural edamames
- countableuncountableFresh green soybeans boiled as a vegetable.
When Americans started eating more sushi in the 1980s, edamame also became more popular. More than 95 percent of the edamame consumed in the US comes from China, but domestic production of the edible green soybean is on the rise.
2019, Karman Meyer, Eat to Sleep, Adams Media, →ISBN, page 81
Origin
Borrowed from Japanese 枝(えだ)豆(まめ) (edamame, literally “stem beans”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian зеле́на со́я
- зеле́на со́я (zeléna sója)green soybeans
Chinese Cantonese 毛豆
- 毛豆green soybeans
Chinese Mandarin 毛豆
- 毛豆 (máodòu)green soybeans
Esperanto edamameo
- edamameogreen soybeans
Finnish edamame
- edamamegreen soybeans
French edamame
- edamamegreen soybeans
German Edamame
- Edamamegreen soybeans
Indonesian edamame
- edamamegreen soybeans
Italian edamame
- edamamegreen soybeans
Japanese 枝豆
- 枝豆 (edamame)green soybeans
Korean 풋콩
- 풋콩 (putkong)green soybeans
Polish edamame
- edamamegreen soybeans
Portuguese edamame
- edamamegreen soybeans
Russian эдама́ме
- эдама́ме (edamámɛ)green soybeans
Spanish edamame, xpelón de soya
- edamamegreen soybeans
- xpelón de soyagreen soybeans
- xpelón de sojagreen soybeans
Thai ถั่วแระ
- ถั่วแระgreen soybeans
Cite this entry
APA
edamame. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/edamame
MLA
“edamame.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/edamame. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “edamame,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/edamame.
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