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# haricot

noun (a haricot, haricots); haricot bean

«haricot» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A haricot (haricot bean) is a small white bean, the kind used to make baked beans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haricot/#m1)
2. (French) «Haricot» is the French word for bean, as in «haricots verts» (green beans). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haricot/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life in the UK, Ireland and Australia, tinned baked beans are haricot beans in tomato sauce; in the US they are called navy beans. In science and food lessons, beans are seeds and a good source of protein and fibre. In cooking, French recipes use «haricots verts» for thin green beans. Say «HA-ri-koh»: the t is silent.

### Examples

- Baked beans are made from haricot beans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haricot/#x1)
- Soak the haricot beans in water overnight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haricot/#x2)
- Haricot beans are full of protein. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haricot/#x3)
- In America, haricot beans are called navy beans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haricot/#x4)
- Mum added haricots to the stew. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haricot/#x5)
- (French) «Haricots verts» are thin green beans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haricot/#x6)

### Note

The «t» is silent, as in French: «HA-ri-koh». Countable: haricots. It is a borrowed French word, used in English mostly as «haricot bean».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «haricot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haricot/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«haricot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/haricot.html) on Mova free.