fajol

Catalan

Etymology

Apparently from a Vulgar Latin *fabeolum, masculinized diminutive of Latin faba (“bean”); probably formed by analogy with phaseolus (whence Catalan fesol).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fəˈʒɔl]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [faˈd͡ʒɔl]

Noun

fajol m (plural fajols)

1. buckwheat

Derived terms

• fajol bord

References

• “fajol” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Further reading

• fajol on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ca