Added 10 October 2026
paprika
/pəˈpɹiːkə/ noun
Latin root: piper Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about paprika at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- 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).
- A variety of the spice.
- A dried but not yet ground fruit of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper sold for use as a spice.
adjective
Origin
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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