Meanings
plural jelly beans · alternative jellybean
- A small, bean-shaped, chewy candy/sweet with a firm coating and a jelly-like center, made of sugar, flavoring, coloring and sometimes starch or other thickener, and usually sold assorted in a wide variety of flavors and bright colors.
Ronalda had gotten these jelly beans special, from Lenox Square. They were all colors, pink with brown flecks, purple, orange. The flavors had exotic names like Piña Colada and Fig Leaf.
2020, Tayari Jones, Silver Sparrow, Oneworld Publications, page 104Synonyms: jelly egg
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small, bean-shaped, chewy candy/sweet with a firm coating and a jelly-like center, made of sugar, flavoring, coloring and sometimes starch or other thickener, and usually sold assorted in a wide variety of flavors and bright colors.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 果凍豆 /果冻豆, 里根糖
- 果凍豆 /果冻豆 (guǒdòngdòu)small bean-shaped chewy candy
- 里根糖 (lǐgēn-táng)small bean-shaped chewy candy
- 雷根糖 (léigēn-táng)small bean-shaped chewy candy
Finnish jelly bean
- jelly beansmall bean-shaped chewy candy
French Jelly Bean
- Jelly Beansmall bean-shaped chewy candy
German Geleebonbon
- Geleebonbonsmall bean-shaped chewy candy
Indonesian kacang jeli
- kacang jelismall bean-shaped chewy candy
Italian jelly belly
- jelly bellysmall bean-shaped chewy candy
Japanese ゼリービーンズ
- ゼリービーンズ (zerībīnzu)small bean-shaped chewy candy
Korean 젤리빈
- 젤리빈 (jellibin)small bean-shaped chewy candy
Portuguese jujuba
- jujubasmall bean-shaped chewy candy
Russian желе́йный боб
- желе́йный боб (želéjnyj bob)small bean-shaped chewy candy
Spanish jelly bean (yeli bin), confite
- jelly bean (yeli bin)small bean-shaped chewy candy
- confitesmall bean-shaped chewy candy
- dragea (disused)small bean-shaped chewy candy
Thai เจลลี่บีน
- เจลลี่บีน (jàyllêebeen)small bean-shaped chewy candy
Turkish jelibon
- jelibonsmall bean-shaped chewy candy
Cite this entry
jelly bean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jelly%20bean
“jelly bean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jelly%20bean. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jelly bean,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jelly%20bean.
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