jalapeño

See also: jalapeno

English
immature jalapeño peppers

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed in the early 1930s from Mexican Spanish jalapeño.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (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): /ˌhæləˈpiːn(j)oʊ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Audio (US, Northern California)(file)

Noun

jalapeño (plural jalapeños)

  1. A cultivar of hot chili pepper, Capsicum annuum.
    Synonyms: jalapeño pepper, jalap
    Coordinate term: cayenne pepper

Translations

References
  1. “jalapeño”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  2. “jalapeño”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
  3. “jalapeño” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  4. “jalapeño”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  5. “jalapeño”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  6. “jalapeño” (US) / “jalapeño” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
  7. “jalapeño”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish jalapeño.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /xa.laˈpɛ.ɲɔ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɲɔ
  • Syllabification: ja‧la‧pe‧ño

Noun

jalapeño n (indeclinable)

  1. jalapeño

Further reading
  • jalapeño in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • jalapeño in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Jalapa +‎ -eño.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /xalaˈpeɲo/ [xa.laˈpe.ɲo]
  • Audio (Chile)(file)
  • Audio (Spain)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɲo
  • Syllabification: ja‧la‧pe‧ño

Adjective

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

  1. (relational) of Xalapa, Veracruz

Noun

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

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

See also

Further reading
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