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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fri•jol (frē′hōl, frē hōl′; Sp. frē hôl′),USA pronunciation n., pl. fri•jo•les (frē′hōlz, frē hō′lēz; Sp. frē hô′les).USA pronunciation - Plant Biologyany bean of the genus Phaseolus, esp. the kidney bean, the seeds of which are used for food in Mexico, in the southwestern U.S., etc.
Also, fri•jo•le (frē hō′lē).USA pronunciation - Latin faseolus; see feijoado
- a dialect, dialectal source, akin to Galician freixó, feixoo, earlier feijoo
- Spanish, earlier fresol, fesol
- 1570–80
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: frijol /ˈfriːhəʊl; Spanish: friˈxol/ n ( pl -joles / -həʊlz Spanish: -ˈxoles/)- a variety of bean, esp of the French bean, extensively cultivated for food in Mexico
Etymology: 16th Century: from Spanish, ultimately from Latin phaseolus, diminutive of phasēlus, from Greek phasēlos bean with edible pod |