请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 falafel
释义

falafel

or fe·la·fel

[ fuh-lah-fuhl ]
/ fəˈlɑ fəl /

noun Middle Eastern Cooking.

a small croquette made with ground chickpeas or fava beans and spices, often served with salad and tahini in pita bread.
Sometimes fa·la·fil .

Origin of falafel

1950–55; <Levantine Arabic falāfil, plural of filfil “pepper”; possibly from Persian pilpil, from Sanskrit pippalī “long pepper,” or from Aramaic pilpāl “small round object, peppercorn”

Words nearby falafel

fake news, faker, fakery, fakir, fa-la, falafel, Falange, Falangist, Falasha, falbala, falcate
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for falafel

  • Is falafel Israeli and can fried chickpeas have a nationality?

    Watching Anthony Bourdain in Palestine|Maysoon Zayid|September 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
  • Sure, some falafel places in Israel stuff a couple of french fries into the pita.

    Is That It? Burger King’s French Fry Burger Is Just Carb Overkill.|Daniel Gross|September 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
  • When Zohar and I met at a falafel joint around the corner, I told him about Linda's reaction.

    Red Alerts At A Sderot Hair Salon|Orly Halpern|November 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for falafel

falafel

felafel

/ (fəlˈɑːfəl) /

noun

a ball or cake of ground spiced chickpeas, deep-fried and often served with pitta bread

Word Origin for falafel

C20: from Arabic felāfil
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
随便看

 

英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/1/23 17:41:29