aquafaba
/ˌɑːkwəˈfɑːbə/noun
aquafaba is a noun meaning “The liquid left over from boiling chickpeas or similar beans, or from a can of chickpeas” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-Q-U-A-F-A-B-A, and it appears about once in every 65 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of aquafaba is aquafabas.
What does aquafaba mean?
noun
- 1
The liquid left over from boiling chickpeas or similar beans, or from a can of chickpeas.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce aquafaba?
- /ˌɑːkwəˈfɑːbə/
- /ˌækwəˈfɑːbə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of aquafaba
- aquafabas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is aquafaba?
Aquafaba appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Aquafaba in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense liquid left over from beans:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | aquafaba |
| German | Aquafaba, Bohnenwasser |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does aquafaba come from?
Coined by US software engineer Goose Wohlt in 2015, from Latin aqua (“water”) + faba (“bean”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).