English Explanatory Dictionary

capsicum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various tropical American plants, of the genus Capsicum, principally the species Capsicum annuum and Capsicum frutescens, that are cultivated as edible peppers.
  2. The non-spicy fruit of the above plants, such as the bell pepper.

Pronunciation

/ˈkæpsɪkəm/ [ˈkʰæpsɪkʰəm] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-capsicum.wav

Word forms

capsicum capsicums capsica

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin capsicum, from Ancient Greek καψικός (kapsikós, “like a box”), from Latin capsa (“box”).

Synonyms

pepper sweet pepper

Related words

capsaicin capsular capsulate capsule

Derived words

capsicine capsicum spray oleoresin capsicum

Translations

Arabic: نَبَات فُلْفُل Arabic: فُلَيْفِلَة Armenian: տաքդեղ Azerbaijani: bibər Belarusian: пе́рац Belarusian: па́прыка Belarusian: струко́вы пе́рац Bulgarian: чу́шка Bulgarian: пипе́р Chinese Mandarin: 菜椒 Chinese Mandarin: 燈籠椒 /灯笼椒 Chinese Mandarin: 柿子椒 Chinese Mandarin: 甜椒 Czech: paprika Danish: paprika Dutch: capsicum Esperanto: kapsiko Estonian: paprika Estonian: punapipar Finnish: paprika French: piment doux French: piment Georgian: წიწაკა German: Capsicum German: Paprika Greek: πιπεριά Hebrew: פִּלְפֶּלֶת Hindi: शिमला मिर्च Hindi: पहाड़ीमिर्च Hungarian: paprika Indonesian: kapsikum Japanese: ピーマン Japanese: 唐辛子 Japanese: 蕃椒 Khmer: ម្ទេស Korean: 피망 Korean: 고추 Lao: ໝາກເຜັດໃຫຍ່ Lao: ພິກ Lao: ເຜັດ Latvian: paprika Lithuanian: paprika Macedonian: бабура Malay: kapsikum Malayalam: മുളക് Manx: lus yn phibbyr yiarg Māori: rapikama Navajo: azeedíchʼííʼ Norwegian Bokmål: paprika Iranian Persian: فِلْفِل Polish: papryka Portuguese: cápsico Romanian: ardei Russian: стручко́вый пе́рец Russian: пе́рец Russian: сла́дкий пе́рец Russian: болга́рский пе́рец Russian: па́прика Russian: ка́псикум Serbo-Croatian: па̀прика Serbo-Croatian: pàprika Slovak: paprika
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