feixón

Galician
Fabas, feixóns, fréxoles

Alternative forms
  • freixón, fréxel, fréxole

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese feijoo, from Latin phaseolus, probably from Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos). Compare Ladino fijon, Portuguese feijão and Spanish frejol.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fejˈʃoŋ/

Noun

feixón m (plural feixóns)

  1. bean, common bean
    Synonym: faba
  2. (archaic) bald spot; baldhead

Derived terms
  • Feijoo
  • feixoeira
  • feixón verde
  • Feixoo

References
  • “feijoo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “feijo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “feixón” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “feixón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “feixón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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