paprika

• paprica (dated)

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.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pəˈpɹiːkə/, /pæpˈɹiːkə/, /ˈpæpɹɪkə/

  • Audio (UK); /ˈpæp-/:

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• (US) IPA^(key): /pəˈpɹiːkə/, /pæpˈɹiːkə/, /ˈpæpɹɪkə/
• Rhymes: -iːkə
• Hyphenation: pa‧pri‧ka

paprika (countable and uncountable, plural paprikas)

1. (uncountable) 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).
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 56:

     As a condiment in food, paprika is reputed to be strongly aphrodisiac.

   • 1995, Jean Andrews, Peppers: The Domesticated Capsicums, →ISBN, page 73:

     California is taking the lead, producing a paprika that is more standardized and more uniformly available than the European growers offer.

2. (countable) A variety of the spice.
   • 2011, Heidi Swan, Super Natural Evey Day‎^[1], →ISBN:

     Using the trio of paprikas gives more flavour than you'd get using a single paprika.

3. (countable, rare, commonly called "dried [bell/chilli] peppers" or "dried capsicums") A dried but not yet ground fruit of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper sold for use as a spice.
   • 2003, Jonathan Bousfield, Rough Guide to Croatia, →ISBN, page 123:

     strings of red paprikas hang outside to dry in the autumn

4. A bright reddish orange colour resembling that of the ground spice.

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paprika (comparative more paprika, superlative most paprika)

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

• Appendix:Colors

From English paprika, 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”).

• Hyphenation: pa‧pri‧ka

paprika

1. paprika; powdered spice made from dried and ground fruits of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper (cultivars of Capsicum annuum), or mixtures of these
2. the color of paprika

paprika

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

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaprɪka]

• Audio:

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paprika f

1. paprika (powder used as a spice)
2. pepper (fruit of the capsicum)

• Paprika
• Paprika
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• “paprika”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “paprika”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

From German Paprika, from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian paprika.

paprika c (singular definite paprikaen, not used in plural form)

1. paprika (spice)

From German Paprika, from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian pàprika, from pȁpar (“pepper”), from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi), from an Indo-Aryan language.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑprikaː/, /ˈpaːprikaː/

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• Hyphenation: pa‧pri‧ka

paprika f (plural paprika's, diminutive paprikaatje n)

1. sweet pepper, bell pepper (plant or fruit of Capsicum annuum varieties yielding sweet peppers)

   Deze paprika bevat veel zaadjes. ― This bell pepper contains a lot of seeds.

   Het lukt me niet om paprika te laten groeien op mijn balkon. ― I can't get a Capsicum annuum plant to grow on my balcony.

2. paprika (spice)

   Synonym: paprikapoeder

Borrowed from Danish paprika.

paprika n (genitive singular paprika, uncountable)

1. paprika (spice)

• piparfrukt f (“bell pepper”)

From German Paprika, from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian paprika.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑprikɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝prikɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑprikɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pap‧ri‧ka
• Hyphenation^(key): pap‧ri‧ka

paprika

1. pepper, bell pepper, sweet pepper (the fruit of a sweet variety of Capsicum annuum, used as vegetable)
2. paprika (spice made of dried, ground fruit of the milder varieties of Capsicum annuum)

The fruit, and the spice made of spicy varieties of Capsicum annuum as well as of other Capsicum species are called chili or chilipippuri in Finnish. The spice may also be called chilijauhe. There's no clear line of distinction between paprika and chili. Also the size of the fruit counts. The large varieties are often called paprika even if they are quite hot.

Especially in the past also:

• pippuri

• “paprika”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Borrowed from Hungarian paprika.

• IPA^(key): /pa.pʁi.ka/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pa‧pri‧ka

paprika m (plural paprikas)

1. paprika (powder used as a spice)

• “paprika”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian pàprika.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɒprikɒ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pap‧ri‧ka
• Rhymes: -kɒ

paprika (plural paprikák)

1. paprika (spice)
2. pepper, bell pepper (fruit)

• paprika in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Borrowed from Danish paprika, which see.

paprika f (genitive singular papriku, nominative plural paprikur)

1. bell pepper

• paprikuduft (“paprika (spice)”)

Via other European languages, borrowed from Hungarian paprika, itself from Serbo-Croatian páprika, from pȁpar, from Latin piper (“pepper”), whence also Latvian pipars (q.v.).

• IPA^(key): [papɾika]

paprika m (1st declension)

1. sweet pepper, bell pepper (non-spicy type or cultivar of pepper, esp. Capsicum annuum)

   Synonym: saldais pipars

   paprikas augļi ― fruits of the sweet pepper (plant)

   paprika dienvidos ir puskrūms, bet Latvijā to audzē kā viengadīgu augu

   in the south, sweet pepper is a perennial bush (= plant), but in Latvia it is grown as an annual plant

   paprikas dzimtene ir Amerikas kontinenta tropu rajoni

   the native land of sweet peppers are the tropical regions of the American continent

2. (only plural) sweet pepper (the green, yellow or red fruits of this plant, eaten as vegetables; also, a condiment powder made from these fruits)

   Synonym: saldais pipars

   gaļu sagriež gabaliņos, apcep taukvielā, liek katlā, pievieno papriku

   cut the meat into small pieces, fry in a fat substance (= butter or margarine), put it in a pot (and) add paprika

paprika m or f (plural paprika)

1. Veldeke spelling of Paprika

Borrowed from German Paprika, from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian pàprika, from pȁpar, from Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”), from Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaprʲika/

paprika f

1. (spice)
2. bell pepper

• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “paprika”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Borrowed from German Paprika (“paprika, bell pepper”), from Hungarian paprika (“paprika, bell pepper”), from Serbo-Croatian pàprika (“paprika, bell pepper”), from pȁpar (“pepper”), from Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь (“pepper”), from Latin piper (“pepper”), from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”), from Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”). Doublet of pepper.

Cognate with English paprika, Czech paprika, Dutch paprika, Finnish paprika, and Polish papryka.

paprika m (definite singular paprikaen, indefinite plural paprikaer, definite plural paprikaene)

1. bell pepper
2. (uncountable) paprika (spice)

From German Paprika, from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian paprika.

paprika m (definite singular paprikaen, indefinite plural paprikaer, definite plural paprikaene)

1. bell pepper
2. (uncountable) paprika (spice)

From pȁpar (“pepper”) +‎ -ika, from Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь, from Latin piper (“pepper”), from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi), from Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”).

• IPA^(key): /pǎprika/
• Hyphenation: pa‧pri‧ka

pàprika f (Cyrillic spelling па̀прика)

1. bell pepper, pepper, paprika (Capsicum fruit)
2. (Croatia) paprika (powdered spice)

• → Hungarian: paprika (see there for further descendants)

• “paprika”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaprika]

paprika f (relational adjective paprikový, diminutive paprička)

1. pepper (fruit of the capsicum)
2. paprika (powder used as a spice)

• paprikáš

• Paprika
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• “paprika”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

• páprika

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”).

• IPA^(key): /paˈpɾika/ [paˈpɾi.ka]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: pa‧pri‧ka

paprika f (plural paprikas)

1. paprika (spice)

   Synonym: pimentón

• “paprika”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

From German Paprika, from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian paprika.

paprika c

1. pepper, bell pepper
2. (uncountable) paprika (spice)

• paprika in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• paprika in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• paprika in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

From Dutch paprika, which see.

paprika c (plural paprika's, diminutive paprikake)

1. bell pepper