cayenne
/kaɪˈɛn/
cayenne noun: spice or verve. Also the ellipsis of cayenne pepper.
Noun
cayenne (countable and uncountable, plural cayennes)
- Spice or verve.
- We speak ill of our neighbours, not from ill-nature, but idleness; satire is only the cayenne of conversation:...1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIV, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 316
- A strong red-orange colour, like the cayenne pepper.
Proper noun capitalized: Cayenne
Cayenne
- The capital city of French Guiana department, France.
Also used as
cayenne is also the ellipsis of cayenne pepper.
Forms of cayenne
| plural | cayennes |
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Origin of cayenne
From French Cayenne, a form of Guyana. But said by the French to be from French cayenne (“naval barracks, shore kitchen”).
Words formed from cayenne
- Cayenne cherry
- Cayenne linaloe oil
- Cayenne porterweed
- Cayenne snakeweed
- Cayenne vervain
- cayenned
Phrases with cayenne
Words that rhyme with cayenne
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Questions about cayenne
- What does cayenne mean?
- Cayenne means spice or verve.
- What part of speech is cayenne?
- Cayenne can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce cayenne?
- Cayenne is pronounced /kaɪˈɛn/.
- What is the plural of cayenne?
- The plural of cayenne is cayennes.
Words near cayenne in the dictionary
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