chiche
Meanings
Adjective
1. mean, stingy
2. scanty, meagre, stingy
3. able, capable (colloquial, predicative only)
Examples3
Houmous vient du mot arabe pour pois chiches.
Hummus comes from the Arabic word for chickpeas.
Les pois chiches sont le principal ingrédient du houmous.
Chickpeas are the main ingredient in hummus.
Il y avait des pois chiches dans la salade ainsi que dans le houmous.
There were garbanzo beans in the salad as well as in the hummus.