falafel

See also: faláfel

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل‎ (falāfil), the plural of فِلْفِل‎ (filfil, “pepper”),[1][2] which is preceded by and derived from either:

  • Persian پلپل‎ (pilpil), from Sanskrit पिप्पली (pippalī, “long pepper”), or
  • Aramaic [script needed] (pilpāl, “small round thing, peppercorn”) derived from [script needed] (palpēl, “to be round, roll”).

Pronunciation
falafel balls
  • (UK) IPA(key): /fəˈlɑːfəl/, /fəˈlæfəl/, /fəˈlɒfəl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /fəˈlɑfəl/
  • Rhymes: -æfəl, -ɑːfəl, -ɒfəl
  • Hyphenation: fa‧la‧fel

Noun

falafel (countable and uncountable, plural falafels)

  1. (uncountable) A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas and other ingredients. Often served in a pita.
    There's a stall at the market that sells fantastic falafel.
  2. (countable) A pita with falafel balls inside.
    • 2003, Margo Daly, Rough guide to Australia, page 51:
      Lebanese restaurants are especially good for vegetarians, with falafel rolls (pitta bread stuffed with chickpea patties, hummus and tabbouleh) making an inexpensive, filling meal.
  3. (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.

Translations

References
  1. “falafel” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
  2. Isaac E. Mozeson (September 2002) The Word: The Dictionary That Reveals the Hebrew Source of English‎, SP Books, →ISBN, page 123

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل‎ (falāfil), the plural of فِلْفِل‎ (filfil, “pepper”). See the English entry for more.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [faˈlɑfl̩]

Noun

falafel c (singular definite falaflen, plural indefinite falafler)

  1. falafel (single ball)

Declension
Declension of falafel
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative falafel falaflen falafler falaflerne
genitive falafels falaflens falaflers falaflernes

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل‎ (falāfil), the plural of فِلْفِل‎ (filfil, “pepper”). See the English entry for more.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɑˈlɑfəl/, /fɑˈlaːfəl/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

falafel m (plural falafels, diminutive falafeltje n)

  1. falafel

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل‎ (falāfil), the plural of فِلْفِل‎ (filfil, “pepper”). See the English entry for more.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɑlɑfel/, [ˈfɑlɑfe̞l]

Noun

falafel

  1. falafel

Declension
Inflection of falafel (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative falafel falafelit
genitive falafelin falafelien
falafeleiden
falafeleitten
partitive falafelia falafeleita
falafeleja
illative falafeliin falafeleihin
singular plural
nominative falafel falafelit
accusative nom. falafel falafelit
gen. falafelin
genitive falafelin falafelien
falafeleiden
falafeleitten
partitive falafelia falafeleita
falafeleja
inessive falafelissa falafeleissa
elative falafelista falafeleista
illative falafeliin falafeleihin
adessive falafelilla falafeleilla
ablative falafelilta falafeleilta
allative falafelille falafeleille
essive falafelina falafeleina
translative falafeliksi falafeleiksi
instructive — falafelein
abessive falafelitta falafeleitta
comitative — falafeleineen

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل‎ (falāfil), the plural of فِلْفِل‎ (filfil, “pepper”). See the English entry for more.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /falaˈfel/
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Hyphenation: fa‧la‧fel

Noun

falafel m (plural falafeles)

  1. falafel
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