peppermint
UK/ˈpɛpəˌmɪnt//ˈpɛpɚˌmɪnt/
peppermint noun: 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.
Noun
peppermint (countable and uncountable, plural peppermints)
- 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.
- Any of various eucalypts of southeastern Australia whose leaves yield peppermint-like essential oils.
- In the hissing flames, Greenhill and Travers boiled the bark from peppermint gums and roasted their kangaroo-skin jackets.2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 76
- Any of various sweets containing extract of the peppermint herb; peppermint confectionery.
peppermint meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
peppermint in Hindi
- herb
- पुदीना pudīnā
peppermint in Marathi
- पेपरमिंट
peppermint in Urdu
- herb
- پودینا podīnā
peppermint in Bengali
- পিপারমিন্ট
More languagesFewer languages
- peppermint in Telugu
- పిప్పర్మింట్, పిప్పరమింట్
- peppermint in Kannada
- ಪುದಿನ
- peppermint in Punjabi
- ਪੇਪਰਮਿੰਟ, ਪਿਪਰਮਿੰਟ
- peppermint in Gujarati
- પીપી pīpī, પિપરમીટ piparmīṭ
- peppermint in Odia
- ପେପରମିଣ୍ଟ, ପିପରମିଣ୍ଟ
- peppermint in Sanskrit
- अजगन्ध ajagandha
- peppermint in Nepali
- पेपरमिन्ट, पिपरमिन्ट, पिपरमिंट
- peppermint in Tagalog
- menta
- peppermint in Arabic
- نَعْنَاع فِلْفِلِيّ naʕnāʕ filfiliyy
- peppermint in Malay
- pudina
- peppermint in Indonesian
- pepermin
- peppermint in Persian
- پونه pune
Examples of peppermint in a sentence
- The children built a fairyland cottage out of gingerbread, decorated with gumdrops and peppermint sticks.
- I love filled chocolates, whether they are liqueurs or peppermints.
- A St Oswald's boy can pass off a name like Orlando, can make it sound like peppermint.
Forms of peppermint
| plural | peppermints |
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Origin of peppermint
From pepper + mint.
Words formed from peppermint
Phrases with peppermint
Questions about peppermint
- What does peppermint mean?
- Peppermint means 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.
- What is peppermint in Hindi?
- Peppermint in Hindi is पुदीना (pudīnā). See Peppermint meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is peppermint?
- Peppermint is a noun.
- How do you pronounce peppermint?
- Peppermint is pronounced /ˈpɛpəˌmɪnt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of peppermint?
- The plural of peppermint is peppermints.
Words near peppermint in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: peppermint (page history and authors); peppermint (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); peppermint (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); peppermint (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); peppermint (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); peppermint (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); પિપરમીટ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); peppermint (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); peppermint (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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