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red pepper

/ˈɹɛdˌpɛp.ə(ɹ)/

red pepper noun: a red-colored, ripe, bell or sweet pepper. Unripe peppers of this variety are green and edible but not as sweet.

red pepper: a red-colored, ripe, bell or sweet pepper. Unripe peppers of this variety are green and edible but...
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Noun

red pepper (plural red peppers)

  1. A red-colored, ripe, bell or sweet pepper. Unripe peppers of this variety are green and edible but not as sweet.
  2. (US) Spicy pepper.
    • Crushed red pepper flakes add zest to pizza.

red pepper meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Nepali and Indonesian

red pepper in Tamil

மிளகாய்

red pepper in Marathi

red colored pepper
लाल शिमला मिरची lāl śimlā mircī

red pepper in Nepali

red pepper, chilli
खुर्सानी khursānī

red pepper in Indonesian

red colored pepper
paprika

Forms of red pepper

pluralred peppers

Questions about red pepper

What does red pepper mean?
Red pepper means a red-colored, ripe, bell or sweet pepper. Unripe peppers of this variety are green and edible but not as sweet.
What is red pepper in Tamil?
Red pepper in Tamil is மிளகாய். See Red pepper meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is red pepper?
Red pepper is a noun.
How do you pronounce red pepper?
Red pepper is pronounced /ˈɹɛdˌpɛp.ə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of red pepper?
The plural of red pepper is red peppers.

Words near red pepper in the dictionary

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  3. red peas
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Adapted from Wiktionary: red pepper (page history and authors); red pepper (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); खुर्सानी (Nepali) (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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