chili pepper
/ˈtʃɪli ˈpɛpə(ɹ)/
chili pepper noun: any fruit of a plant of the botanical genus Capsicum, which contains capsaicin and typically has a spicy or burning flavor.
Noun
chili pepper (plural chili peppers)
chili pepper meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
chili pepper in Hindi
- fruit
- मिर्च mirc
chili pepper in Tamil
- fruit
- மிளகாய் miḷakāy
chili pepper in Marathi
- fruit
- मिरची mircī
chili pepper in Urdu
- fruit
- مرچ mirc
More languagesFewer languages
- chili pepper in Bengali
- মরিচ moric
- chili pepper in Malayalam
- മുളക് muḷakŭ
- chili pepper in Punjabi
- ਮਿਰਚ mirac
- chili pepper in Gujarati
- મરચું napũsakliṅg
- chili pepper in Assamese
- জলকীয়া zolokia, মৰিচ moris, ভূঁই-জালুক bhũi-zaluk
- chili pepper in Arabic
- شَطَّة šaṭṭa
- chili pepper in Malay
- cabai, cili, lada
- chili pepper in Indonesian
- cabai, cabe
- chili pepper in Thai
- พริกขี้หนู prík-kîi-nǔu, พริก prík
- chili pepper in Vietnamese
- ớt
- chili pepper in Myanmar
- ငရုတ် nga.rut
- Dzongkha
- ཨེ་མ e ma
Forms of chili pepper
| plural | chili peppers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | chile pepper |
| alternative form | chilli pepper |
Words formed from chili pepper
Questions about chili pepper
- What does chili pepper mean?
- Chili pepper means any fruit of a plant of the botanical genus Capsicum, which contains capsaicin and typically has a spicy or burning flavor.
- What is chili pepper in Hindi?
- Chili pepper in Hindi is मिर्च (mirc). See Chili pepper meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is chili pepper?
- Chili pepper is a noun.
- How do you pronounce chili pepper?
- Chili pepper is pronounced /ˈtʃɪli ˈpɛpə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of chili pepper?
- The plural of chili pepper is chili peppers.
Words near chili pepper in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chili pepper (page history and authors); ਮਿਰਚ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); મરચું (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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