noun, feminine/fɛv/plural: fèves
strictly, a broad bean (Vicia faba); non-legume beans, as in coffee beans; the trinket in a king cake (galette des rois) – originally an actual broad bean, today often a plastic, metal or porcelain figurine; bean
Inherited from Old French feve, from Latin faba, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (“bean”). Cognate with Spanish haba, Italian fava.