feijão
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- freijão, fãijão, fajão, fajom, fajõu, fajou, fazau, feijẽo, fejẽo, fejõ, feinjão, fejã, fenjão, freixom
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese *feijõo, variant of feijoo, from Latin phaseolus, probably from Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos).
Cognate with Galician feixón, Ladino fijon, Spanish frijol, Catalan fesol and Italian fagiolo.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /fe(j)ˈʒɐ̃w̃/ [fe(ɪ̯)ˈʒɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fɐjˈʒɐ̃w̃/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /fejˈʒɐ̃w̃/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /fejˈʒɐ̃w̃/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /feˈʒɐ̃w̃/
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /fɛjˈʒɐ̃w̃/
- (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /fi(j)ˈʒɐ̃w̃/
Audio (Portugal): (file) - Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: fei‧jão
Noun
feijão m (plural feijões)
- bean (seed)
Derived terms
- feijoada
- feijãozinho (diminutive)
Related terms
- Feijó
Descendants
- Macanese: fijám