haricot vert

noun

har·​i·​cot vert ˌär-ē-kō-ˈver 

plural haricots verts ˌär-ē-kō-ˈver  also haricot verts ˌär-ē-kō-ˈver(z) 

: a thin green bean

Round out the meal with steamed new potatoes and haricots verts (thin green beans favored in France) or regular green beans.

—Tricia Callas

Examples of haricot vert in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Instead of sugar snap peas, try snow peas, fresh green beans or haricots verts. —The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025

The menu includes turkey with all the fixings, pumpkin pie, and the classic haricots verts (green beans). —Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Oct. 2024

Some of my favorites are his Black Cod served with al dente haricots verts, fresh corn, Marble potatoes, trout roe, with a pool of rich and creamy coconut sauce. —Chelsea Davis, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024

Lemony Green Bean Pasta Salad Seek out thin haricots verts (a.k.a. —Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2024

Word History

Etymology

French, green haricot

First Known Use

1873, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for haricot vert

• alert
• assert
• avert
• dessert
• divert
• evert
• exert
• inert
• insert
• invert
• nightshirt
• overt