English Explanatory Dictionary

peppermint

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hybrid herb of the mint family (Mentha × piperita), formed by crossing watermint and spearmint, which has a high menthol content and a sharp flavor and is used in cooking, especially in herb teas and in confections.
  2. Any of various eucalypts of southeastern Australia whose leaves yield peppermint-like essential oils.
  3. Any of various sweets containing extract of the peppermint herb; peppermint confectionery.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɛpəˌmɪnt/ /ˈpɛpɚˌmɪnt/ en-us-peppermint.ogg

Word forms

peppermint peppermints

Etymology

From pepper + mint.

Derived words

peppermint bark peppermint drop peppermint geranium peppermintini peppermintlike peppermint oil peppermint shrimp peppermint stick peppermint tree pepperminty

Translations

Albanian: nenexhik Albanian: dhiozmë Albanian: mendër e butë Arabic: نَعْنَاع فِلْفِلِيّ Armenian: անանուխ Bulgarian: мента Chinese Mandarin: 胡椒薄荷 Chinese Mandarin: 薄荷 Czech: máta peprná Danish: pebermynte Dutch: pepermunt Dutch: pepermuntje Esperanto: pipromento Estonian: piparmünt Finnish: piparminttu Finnish: piparminttukaramelli French: menthe poivrée Galician: menta German: Pfefferminze German: Pfefferminzbonbon German: Pfefferminz Greek: μέντα Hindi: पुदीना Hungarian: borsmenta Hunsrik: Peffermenz Icelandic: piparminta Indonesian: pepermin Irish: lus an phiobair Irish: miontas piobair Italian: menta piperita Italian: caramella alla menta Italian: mentina Japanese: ペパーミント Japanese: 薄荷 Japanese: ミント Korean: 페퍼민트 Latvian: piparmētra Luxembourgish: Peffermënz Malay: pudina Manx: mynthey phibbyragh Norman: pépermàn Norman: p'pèr'mène Norwegian Bokmål: peppermynte Norwegian Nynorsk: peparmynte Persian: پونه Polish: mięta pieprzowa Polish: miętówka Portuguese: hortelã-pimenta Russian: пе́речная мя́та Russian: мя́та Sanskrit: अजगन्ध Slovene: poprova meta Spanish: menta piperita Spanish: piperita Swedish: pepparmynta Tagalog: menta
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