Variant: also ja · la · pe · no
Pronunciation: ˌ hä-l ə - ' p ā -( ˌ )ny ō , ˌ ha-, - ' p ā -( ˌ )n ō , - ' p ē -( ˌ )n ō
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ños also -nos
Etymology: Mexican Spanish, from jalapeño, adjective, of Jalapa
Date: 1939
: a small plump dark green chili pepper of Mexico and the southern U.S. ― called also jalapeño pepper