Pronunciation: fr ē - ' h ō -l ē
Variant: also fri · jol \ fr ē - ' h ō l, ' fr ē - ˌ \
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural fri · jo · les \ fr ē - ' h ō -l ē z, ' fr ē - ˌ \
Etymology: American Spanish frijol, from Spanish, kidney bean, from earlier fesol, fresol, probably modification of Galician feijoo, from Latin phaseolus, diminutive of phaselus cowpea, from Greek phas ē los
Date: 1577
: any of various beans used in Mexican style cooking ― usually used in plural