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)

1. 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 (is) f, snjóbaun f, sykurerta f Swedish: sockerärt c

Further reading

• pea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Noun

mangetout m (plural mangetouts)

1. mangetout

Further reading

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