paprika
Syllables: pa·pri·ka/pəˈpɹiːkə/US/pəˈpɹiːkə/
paprika noun: 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).
Noun
paprika (countable and uncountable, plural paprikas)
- 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).
- As a condiment in food, paprika is reputed to be strongly aphrodisiac.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 56
- California is taking the lead, producing a paprika that is more standardized and more uniformly available than the European growers offer.1995, Jean Andrews, Peppers: The Domesticated Capsicums, →ISBN, page 73
- A variety of the spice.
- Using the trio of paprikas gives more flavour than you'd get using a single paprika.2011, Heidi Swan, Super Natural Evey Day, →ISBN
- A dried but not yet ground fruit of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper sold for use as a spice.
- strings of red paprikas hang outside to dry in the autumn2003, Jonathan Bousfield, Rough Guide to Croatia, →ISBN, page 123
- A bright reddish orange colour resembling that of the ground spice.
Adjective
paprika (comparative more paprika, superlative most paprika)
- Of a bright reddish orange colour, like that of the dried paprika.
paprika meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Arabic and Indonesian
paprika in Tamil
- சிவப்பு மிளகு
paprika in Kannada
- ಕೆಂಪು ಮೆಣಸು
paprika in Arabic
- ground spice
- بَابْرِكَا bābrikā, بَابْرِيكَا bābrīkā, بَبْرِيكَا babrīkā
paprika in Indonesian
- ground spice
- paprika
More languagesFewer languages
- paprika in Persian
- پاپریکا pâprikâ
- paprika in Thai
- ปาปริกา paprika
- paprika in Myanmar
- အရောင်တင်မှုန့် a.raungtanghmun.
Examples of paprika in a sentence
- You might also try halászlé (fish soup), which is basically carp with several types of paprika, onions, tomatoes and spices.
- Add stock, tomato sauce, beans, roasted red pepper, garlic, paprika, ancho powder, ground chipotles and habaneros, cocoa powder, salt and pepper.
- They were paprikas chicken and halaszle, the fish soup of Szeged, the center of capsicum culture in Hungary then and now.
Forms of paprika
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | paprikas |
| alternative form (obsolete) | paprica |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more paprika |
| superlative | most paprika |
Origin of 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”). Akin to paprikash.
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Questions about paprika
- What does paprika mean?
- Paprika means 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).
- What is paprika in Tamil?
- Paprika in Tamil is சிவப்பு மிளகு. See Paprika meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is paprika?
- Paprika can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce paprika?
- Paprika is pronounced /pəˈpɹiːkə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of paprika?
- The plural of paprika is paprikas.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: paprika (page history and authors); paprika (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); paprika (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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