paprika

Meaning

Noun

1. Powdered spice made from dried and ground fruits of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper (cultivars of Capsicum annuum), or mixtures of these (used especially in Hungarian cooking).
2. A variety of the spice.
3. A dried but not yet ground fruit of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper sold for use as a spice.
4. A bright reddish orange colour resembling that of the ground spice.

Adj

Of a bright reddish orange colour, like that of the dried paprika.

Concepts

paprika

pepper

bell pepper

cayenne pepper

pimento

pimiento

sweet pepper

sweet pepper plant

chili

chilli

red pepper

Capsicum annuum grossum

capsicum

cayenne

chilie

Chile pepper

chili pepper

chilli pepper

jalapeño

ornamental pepper

coriander

cumin

habanero

green pepper

Jamaica pepper

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pəˈpɹiːkə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian pàprika, from pȁpar, from Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”), from Indo-Aryan; compare Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”). Akin to paprikash.