FRIJOL


Meaning of FRIJOL in English

(ˈ)frē|hōl, -hȯl noun

also fri·jole “, frēˈhōlē

( plural frijo·les frēˈhōlēz, -ˈhōˌlās, -ˈhȯˌlās)

Etymology: Spanish frijol, from earlier fesol, fresol, from Portuguese feijão or Portuguese dialect (Galicia) freixó, feixoo, from Latin phaseolus kidney bean, diminutive of phaselus, from Greek phasēlos

chiefly Southwest : bean 1b: as

a. : kidney bean

b. : cowpea 1b

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.