jínjol

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan gínjol. Doublet of azufaifa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxinxol/ [ˈxĩŋ.xol]
• Rhymes: -inxol
• Syllabification: jín‧jol

Noun

jínjol m (plural jínjoles)

1. jujube (fruit)

   Synonym: azufaifa

Derived terms

• jinjolero

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “azufaifa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 438

Further reading

• “jínjol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10