feijão

Portuguese

feijão

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/

• (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/
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: fei‧jão

Noun

feijão m (plural feijões)

1. bean (seed)

Derived terms

• feijoada
• feijãozinho (diminutive)

Related terms

• Feijó

Descendants

• Macanese: fijám

See also

• fava