mangetout

See also: mange-tout

English

Alternative forms

mange-tout

Etymology

Borrowed from French mangetout, from mange (“eat”) +‎ tout (“all”), since even the pod is edible.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ̃ʒ.tuː/, /mɑ̃ʒˈtuː/

Noun

mangetout (countable and uncountable, plural mangetouts)

A vegetable pea (Pisum sativum) eaten when immature.
Synonyms: sugar pea, snow pea

Translations

vegetable pea eaten when immature — see also snow pea

Finnish: sokeriherne (fi)
French: mange-tout (fr) m
German: Zuckererbse f, Kaiserschote f, Zuckerschote f, Mange-tout f,
Greek: αρακάς (el) m (arakás)
Icelandic: sykurbaun f, snjóbaun f, sykurerta f
Swedish: sockerärt c

Further reading

pea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Noun

mangetout m (plural mangetouts)

mangetout

Further reading

“mangetout”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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