frijole

noun

fri·​jo·​le frē-ˈhō-lē 

variants or less commonly frijol

frē-ˈhōl 

ˈfrē-ˌhōl

plural frijoles frē-ˈhō-lēz 

ˈfrē-ˌhō-

: any of various beans used in Mexican style cooking

—usually used in plural

Word History

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 phasēlos

First Known Use

1577, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

frijole

noun

fri·​jo·​le frē-ˈhō-lē 

: any of various beans used in Mexican-style cooking

—usually used in plural

Etymology

Spanish frijol "bean"