jalapeño

• jalapeno (more common in the UK)

Unadapted borrowing from Mexican Spanish jalapeño.^[1][2]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌhæl.əˈpeɪn.jəʊ/,^[3][4] /ˌhæləˈpiːnəʊ/,^[4] /ˌdʒæləˈpiːnəʊ/,^[1][5] /ˌhæləˈpɛnjəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌhɑ.ləˈpeɪn.joʊ/,^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]} /ˌhæ.ləˈpeɪn.joʊ/,^[2] IPA^(key): /ˌhɑ.ləˈpin.joʊ/^[4]
  • (US, less commonly) IPA^(key): /ˌhɑ.ləˈpin.oʊ/,^[2] /ˌhæ.ləˈpin.oʊ/,^[2] /ˌhɑ.ləˈpeɪn.oʊ/,^[2] /ˌhæ.ləˈpeɪn.oʊ/,^[2]
  • (US, humorous spelling pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈlæpənoʊ/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): [ˌhaləˈpiːnjo] IPA^(key): [-pɛn-], [-pe(ɪ)n-]

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (Northern California):

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jalapeño (plural jalapeños)

1. A cultivar of hot chili pepper, Capsicum annuum.

   Synonyms: jalapeño pepper, jalap

   Coordinate term: cayenne pepper

   • 2024 June 6, Brooke Younger, “What Is Swicy, and Why Do You Need It in Your Life?”, in Cozymeal‎^[1]:

     For example, salsa and pico de gallo from Mexican cuisine sometimes include fruits like peach, mango or pineapple, balancing hot peppers like habanero or jalapeño with their sweetness.

• jalapeño on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Unadapted borrowing from Mexican Spanish jalapeño.

• IPA^(key): /xa.laˈpɛ.ɲɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛɲɔ
• Syllabification: ja‧la‧pe‧ño

jalapeño n (indeclinable)

1. jalapeño

• jalapeño in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish jalapeño.

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

jalapeño m (plural jalapeños)

1. alternative form of jalapenho

• xalapeño

From Jalapa +‎ -eño.

• IPA^(key): /xalaˈpeɲo/ [xa.laˈpe.ɲo]

• Audio (Chile):

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• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -eɲo
• Syllabification: ja‧la‧pe‧ño

jalapeño (feminine jalapeña, masculine plural jalapeños, feminine plural jalapeñas)

1. of, from or relating to Xalapa, Veracruz

jalapeño m (plural jalapeños, feminine jalapeña, feminine plural jalapeñas)

1. an inhabitant or resident of Xalapa
2. jalapeño (pepper)

   Synonym: cuaresmeño

• → English: jalapeño, jalapeno (more common in the UK)
• → Esperanto: ĥalapenjo
• → Hijazi Arabic: هلپينيو (halapēnyu, halapīnyu), هلبينيو (halabīnyu, halabēnyu)
• → Japanese: ハラペーニョ (harapēnyo)
• → Korean: 할라페뇨 (hallapenyo)
• → Portuguese: jalapenho

• chipotle
• habanero

• “jalapeño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish jalapeño.

jalapeño c

1. jalapeño

• jalapeño in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• jalapeño in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

• jalapeno

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish jalapeño.

• IPA^(key): /hɑɫɑˈpɛnjo/
  • (informal) IPA^(key): /ʒɑɫɑˈpɛno/
• Rhymes: -ɛnjo

jalapeño (definite accusative jalapeñoyu, plural jalapeñolar)

1. jalapeño