frijol

[ free-hohl, free-hohl; Spanish free-hawl ]

noun

, plural fri·jo·les [free, -hohlz, free-, hoh, -leez, f, r, ee-, haw, -les].

1. any bean of the genus Phaseolus, especially the kidney bean, the seeds of which are used for food in Mexico, in the southwestern U.S., etc.

frijol

/ ˈfriːhəʊl; friˈxol /

noun

1. a variety of bean, esp of the French bean, extensively cultivated for food in Mexico

Word History and Origins

Origin of frijol¹

1570–80; < Spanish, earlier fresol, fesol < a dialectal source, akin to Galician freixó, feixoo, earlier feijoo < Latin faseolus; feijoada

Word History and Origins

Origin of frijol¹

C16: from Spanish, ultimately from Latin phaseolus , diminutive of phasēlus , from Greek phasēlos bean with edible pod