fève
Meanings
Noun
1. strictly, a fava bean (Vicia faba)
2. non-legume beans, as in coffee beans
3. the trinket in a king cake (galette des rois) – originally an actual broad bean, today often a plastic, metal or porcelain figurine
4. bean (North America)
Examples8
Ces fèves étaient bonnes.
Those beans were good.
Ce sont des fèves.
These are beans.
Il aime les fèves.
He likes beans.
Nous avons mangé beaucoup de fèves ces derniers temps.
We've been eating a lot of beans lately.
Le chocolat est fabriqué à partir des fèves de cacao.
Chocolate is made from cocoa beans.
Il torréfie des fèves de café.
He is roasting coffee beans.