haricot

English

WOTD – 2 April 2009

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhæɹ.ɪ.kəʊ/, /ˈɑːɹ.ɪ.kəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhæɹ.ɪ.koʊ/, /ˈɑːɹ.ɪ.koʊ/, /ˈhɛɹ.ɪ.koʊ/

• Audio (US, without the Mary–marry–merry merger):

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from French haricot (“bean”).

Noun

haricot (plural haricots)

1. Synonym of common bean.

Derived terms

• haricot bean

Translations

common bean — see common bean

Etymology 2

From French haricot, from Middle French haricot, a deverbal derivation of Old French harigoter (“to tear up, shred, slice up, slice into pieces”), from Frankish *hariōn (“to ruin, lay waste, ravage, plunder, destroy”), from Proto-Germanic *harjōną (“to plunder, lay waste, harry”). Cognate with Middle High German verheeren (“to harry”), Old English herġian (“to lay waste, ravage, plunder”). More at harry.

Noun

haricot (plural haricots)

1. A stew of lamb and vegetables.

Translations

a stew of lamb and vegetables

Anagrams

• Torahic, Torchia, chariot

French

des haricots (sense 2) — green beans

du haricot (sense 3) — common bean

un haricot (sense 4) en inox — a stainless steel kidney dish

Alternative forms

• zarico (Haiti, Louisiana, Missouri)
• z-haricot (Louisiana)

Etymology

(Sense 1) From Middle French haricot, a deverbal derivation of Old French harigoter (“to shred, slice up, slice into pieces”), from Frankish *hariōn (“to ruin, lay waste, ravage, plunder, destroy”), from Proto-Germanic *harjōną (“to plunder, lay waste, harry”). Cognate with Middle High German verheeren (“to harry”). More at harry.

(Sense 2) Origin uncertain. Influenced in form by the 'stew' word above, if not originally identical to it; in that case possibly from Mexican Spanish ayacotli, ayacote, or possibly from Calicut.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /a.ʁi.ko/

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• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): /a.ri.ko/, [a.ɾi.ko]
• Rhymes: -o
• Homophone: haricots

Noun

haricot m (plural haricots)

1. (cooking) A stew of lamb and vegetables.
2. (vegetable) A bean; a green bean (also known as a string bean or snap bean).

   Synonym: fève f (North America)

3. (botany) The plant from which the green bean is cultivated: the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).
4. (medicine, surgery) A kidney dish.

Usage notes

• Louisiana French does not feature the so-called aspirated h, so liaison is permissible, if not expected, before the word haricot. For example: un haricot [ɛ̃‿naɾiko], les haricots [le‿zaɾiko]. See the alternative forms z-haricot and zarico as well as English zydeco.

Derived terms

• c'est la fin des haricots
• comment les haricots
• comment sont les haricots
• courir sur le haricot
• haricot à brasse
• haricot beurre
• haricot blanc
• haricot cire
• haricot de Baria
• haricot de chaland
• haricot de factrie
• haricot de Lima
• haricot de mouton
• haricot de rame
• haricot de terre
• haricot d'Espagne
• haricot du Tonkin
• haricot fleur
• haricot mungo
• haricot nain
• haricot rame
• haricot rouge
• haricot sec
• haricot vert
• la fin des haricots
• les haricots sont salés
• pour des haricots

Descendants

• Louisiana Creole: ariko, zadiko, zariko, zaydiko
• → Sango: ariköo

Further reading

• “haricot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “haricot” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “haricot” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
• Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)

Anagrams

• chariot, torchai

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French haricot.

Noun

haricot m (plural haricots)

1. (Jersey) bean