"jalapeño" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌhæl.əˈpeɪn.jəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌhæləˈpiːnəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌdʒæləˈpiːnəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌhæləˈpɛnjəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌhɑ.ləˈpeɪn.joʊ/ [General-American], /ˌhæ.ləˈpeɪn.joʊ/ [General-American], /ˌhɑ.ləˈpin.joʊ/ [General-American], /ˌhɑ.ləˈpin.oʊ/ [US, uncommon], /ˌhæ.ləˈpin.oʊ/ [US, uncommon], /ˌhɑ.ləˈpeɪn.oʊ/ [US, uncommon], /ˌhæ.ləˈpeɪn.oʊ/ [US, uncommon], /d͡ʒəˈlæpənoʊ/ (note: US, humorous spelling pronunciation), [ˌhaləˈpiːnjo] [Canada], [-pɛn-] [Canada], [-pe(ɪ)n-] [Canada] Audio: en-us-jalapeño.ogg [US], En-us-ncalif-jalapeno.ogg [Northern-California, US] Forms: jalapeños [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Mexican Spanish jalapeño. Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|es-MX|jalapeño}} Unadapted borrowing from Mexican Spanish jalapeño Head templates: {{en-noun}} jalapeño (plural jalapeños)
  1. A cultivar of hot chili pepper, Capsicum annuum. Categories (lifeform): Peppers Synonyms: jalapeño pepper, jalap, jalapeno (english: more common in the UK) Translations (variety of hot chili pepper): هَلَبِينْيُو (halabīnyū) [masculine] (Arabic), هَالَابِينْيُو (hālābīnyū) [masculine] (Arabic), 墨西哥辣椒 (Mòxīgē làjiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), chīlchotl (Classical Nahuatl), jalapeno (Danish), ĥalapenjo (Esperanto), jalapeno (Finnish), jalapeño (Finnish), Jalapeño [masculine] (German), Jalapeno [masculine] (German), ハラペーニョ (harapēnyo) (Japanese), 할라페뇨 (hallapenyo) (Korean), jalapeño [neuter] (Polish), pimenta-jalapenho [feminine] (Portuguese), jalapenho [masculine] (Portuguese), халапе́ньо (xalapɛ́nʹo) [neuter] (Russian), jalapeño [common-gender] (Swedish), jalapeño (Turkish), כאַלאַפּעניאָ (khalapenyo) [masculine] (Yiddish)

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