# falafel
## English
### Alternative forms

* felafel, falafil (less common)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil). Doublet of peepul and pepper.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /fəˈlɑːfəl/, /fəˈlæfəl/, /fəˈlɒfəl/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /fəˈlɑfəl/
* Rhymes: -æfəl, -ɑːfəl, -ɒfəl
* Hyphenation: fa‧la‧fel

### Noun

falafel (countable and uncountable, plural falafels or falafel)
* (uncountable) A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas or broad beans and other ingredients, often served in a pita.
    There's a stall at the market that sells fantastic falafel.
** 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.
** 2003, Holly M. Moskowitz, Finding Falafel, page 58:I ate lafa — falafel with all the regular stuffings and sauces wrapped in a pizza size pita instead of being stuffed in it. Etai ordered a regular falafel. My lafiz was twice the size of his falafel and although neither of us could finish the lafiz, we embarked on it together.
* (countable) A pita with falafel balls as a filling.
** 2003, Holly M. Moskowitz, Finding Falafel, page 58:I ate lafa — falafel with all the regular stuffings and sauces wrapped in a pizza size pita instead of being stuffed in it. Etai ordered a regular falafel. My lafiz was twice the size of his falafel and although neither of us could finish the lafiz, we embarked on it together.
** 2010, Reza Aslan, How to Win a Cosmic War: Confronting Radical Religions, page 161:Here, close-cropped future soldiers would learn how to introduce themselves to strangers, the proper way to order a falafel and a Coke, how to shout Get out of the car.
** 2012, Giveon Cornfield, Lilian, page 186:They decided, sotto voce, to go out for a falafel. […] The falafel itself was incidental: it was the array of salds, pickled and fried vegetables, olives and sauces which one stuffed into the pita that made it such an adventure.
** 2013, Ruchama King Feuerman, In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist, New York Review of Books, →ISBN, page 218:A beggar, his head swathed in rags, was eating a falafel, bits of cucumber falling out of the pita's corners. He looked askance as Mustafa lumbered by.
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:falafel.
* (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.

#### Derived terms

* fawaffle

#### Translations
## Danish
### Alternative forms

* falaffel

### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [faˈlɑfl̩]

### Noun

falafel c (singular definite falaflen, plural indefinite falafler)
* falafel (single ball)

#### Declension
## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɑˈlɑfəl/, /fɑˈlaːfəl/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

falafel m (plural falafels, diminutive falafeltje n)
* falafel

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɑlɑfel/, [ˈfɑ̝lɑ̝fe̞l]
* Rhymes: -ɑlɑfel
* Hyphenation: fa‧la‧fel

### Noun

falafel
* falafel

#### Declension

Possessive forms of falafel (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
falafelini
falafelini
accusative
nom.
falafelini
falafelini
gen.
falafelini
genitive
falafelini
falafelieni
partitive
falafeliani
falafelejani
inessive
falafelissani
falafeleissani
elative
falafelistani
falafeleistani
illative
falafeliini
falafeleihini
adessive
falafelillani
falafeleillani
ablative
falafeliltani
falafeleiltani
allative
falafelilleni
falafeleilleni
essive
falafelinani
falafeleinani
translative
falafelikseni
falafeleikseni
abessive
falafelittani
falafeleittani
instructive
comitative
—falafeleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
falafelisi
falafelisi
accusative
nom.
falafelisi
falafelisi
gen.
falafelisi
genitive
falafelisi
falafeliesi
partitive
falafeliasi
falafelejasi
inessive
falafelissasi
falafeleissasi
elative
falafelistasi
falafeleistasi
illative
falafeliisi
falafeleihisi
adessive
falafelillasi
falafeleillasi
ablative
falafeliltasi
falafeleiltasi
allative
falafelillesi
falafeleillesi
essive
falafelinasi
falafeleinasi
translative
falafeliksesi
falafeleiksesi
abessive
falafelittasi
falafeleittasi
instructive
comitative
—falafeleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
falafelimme
falafelimme
accusative
nom.
falafelimme
falafelimme
gen.
falafelimme
genitive
falafelimme
falafeliemme
partitive
falafeliamme
falafelejamme
inessive
falafelissamme
falafeleissamme
elative
falafelistamme
falafeleistamme
illative
falafeliimme
falafeleihimme
adessive
falafelillamme
falafeleillamme
ablative
falafeliltamme
falafeleiltamme
allative
falafelillemme
falafeleillemme
essive
falafelinamme
falafeleinamme
translative
falafeliksemme
falafeleiksemme
abessive
falafelittamme
falafeleittamme
instructive
comitative
—falafeleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
falafelinne
falafelinne
accusative
nom.
falafelinne
falafelinne
gen.
falafelinne
genitive
falafelinne
falafelienne
partitive
falafelianne
falafelejanne
inessive
falafelissanne
falafeleissanne
elative
falafelistanne
falafeleistanne
illative
falafeliinne
falafeleihinne
adessive
falafelillanne
falafeleillanne
ablative
falafeliltanne
falafeleiltanne
allative
falafelillenne
falafeleillenne
essive
falafelinanne
falafeleinanne
translative
falafeliksenne
falafeleiksenne
abessive
falafelittanne
falafeleittanne
instructive
comitative
—falafeleinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
falafelinsa
falafelinsa
accusative
nom.
falafelinsa
falafelinsa
gen.
falafelinsa
genitive
falafelinsa
falafeliensa
partitive
falafeliaan falafeliansa
falafelejaan falafelejansa
inessive
falafelissaan falafelissansa
falafeleissaan falafeleissansa
elative
falafelistaan falafelistansa
falafeleistaan falafeleistansa
illative
falafeliinsa
falafeleihinsa
adessive
falafelillaan falafelillansa
falafeleillaan falafeleillansa
ablative
falafeliltaan falafeliltansa
falafeleiltaan falafeleiltansa
allative
falafelilleen falafelillensa
falafeleilleen falafeleillensa
essive
falafelinaan falafelinansa
falafeleinaan falafeleinansa
translative
falafelikseen falafeliksensa
falafeleikseen falafeleiksensa
abessive
falafelittaan falafelittansa
falafeleittaan falafeleittansa
instructive
comitative
—falafeleineen falafeleinensa :

### Further reading

* “falafel”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fa.la.fɛl/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

falafel m (plural falafels)
* falafel

## Polish
### Etymology

Internationalism; compare English falafel, French falafel, German Falafel, ultimately from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /faˈla.fɛl/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -afɛl
* Syllabification: fa‧la‧fel

### Noun

falafel m animal or m inan
* falafel (Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas or broad beans and other ingredients, often served in a pita)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* falafel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* falafel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* faláfel (following the Arabic stress)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /falaˈfel/ [fa.laˈfel]
* Rhymes: -el
* Syllabification: fa‧la‧fel

### Noun

falafel m (plural falafels or falafeles)
* falafel

### Further reading

* “falafel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil).

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -affel
* Hyphenation: fa‧la‧fel

### Noun

falafel c
* falafel
    Falafel görs på kikärtorFalafel is made from chickpeas

#### Derived terms

* falafelrulle

#### See also

* kikärtor (“chickpeas”)

### References

* falafel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* falafel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)