capsicum

See also: Capsicum

English

Capsicum frutescens

Wikispecies

Etymology

Borrowing from New Latin capsicum, from Ancient Greek καψικός (kapsikós, “like a box”), from Latin capsa (“box”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæpsɪkəm/

Noun

capsicum (plural capsicums or capsica)

1. Any of several tropical American plants, of the genus Capsicum, principally the species Capsicum annuum and Capsicum frutescens, that are cultivated as edible peppers.
2. The spicy fruit of the above plants, the bell peppers.

Hyponyms

• (plants): cayenne pepper, paprika

Derived terms

• capsicum spray

Related terms

• capsaicin
• capsular
• capsulate
• capsule

Translations

plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)

• Arabic: نَبَات فُلْفُل‏‎ m (nabāt fulful)
• Armenian: տաքդեղ (hy) (takʿdeł)
• Belarusian: пе́рац m (pjérac), па́прыка (pápryka), струко́вы пе́рац m (strukóvy pjérac)
• Bulgarian: чу́шка (bg) f (čúška), пи́пер (bg) m (píper)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 菜椒 (càijiāo), 燈籠椒, 灯笼椒 (dēnglongjiāo), 柿子椒 (zh) (shìzijiāo), 甜椒 (tiánjiāo)

• Czech: paprika (cs) f
• Dutch: capsicum n
• Estonian: paprika (et), punapipar
• Finnish: paprika (fi)
• French: piment doux (fr) m, piment (fr) m
• German: Capsicum n, Paprika (de) m, f
• Greek: πιπεριά (el) f (piperiá)
• Hebrew: פִּלְפֶּלֶת‏‎ (he)
• Hindi: शिमला मिर्च m (śimlā mirc), पहाड़ीमिर्च m (pahāṛīmirc)
• Hungarian: paprika (hu)
• Indonesian: capsicum
• Japanese: ピーマン (ja) (pīman), 唐辛子 (ja) (とうがらし, tōgarashi), 蕃椒 (ばんしょう, banshō)
• Khmer: ម្ទេស (km) (mteeh)
• Korean: 고추 (ko) (gochu)
• Lao: ໝາກເຜັດໃຫຍ່ (lo) (māk phet nyai), ພິກ (phik), ເຜັດ (phet)
• Latvian: paprika f

• Lithuanian: paprika f
• Macedonian: бабура f (babura)
• Malay: capsicum
• Manx: lus yn phibbyr yiarg f
• Maori: rapikama
• Navajo: azeedíchʼííʼ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: paprika m

• Polish: papryka (pl) f
• Portuguese: cápsico m
• Russian: стручко́вый пе́рец m (stručkóvyj pérec), пе́рец (ru) m (pérec), сла́дкий пе́рец m (sládkij pérec), болга́рский пе́рец m (bolgárskij pérec), па́прика (ru) f (páprika), ка́псикум m (kápsikum) (special)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: паприка f

  Roman: paprika (sh) f

• Slovak: paprika f
• Swedish: paprika (sv) c
• Thai: ชี้ฟ้า (chíi-fáa)
• Tibetan: སུར་པན (sur pan)
• Ukrainian: стручко́вий пе́рець m (stručkóvyj pérecʹ), па́прика f (pápryka)
• Uyghur: مۇچ‏‎ (much), كۆكمۇچ‏‎ (kökmuch)
• Vietnamese: cây ớt

fruit of these plants

• Bulgarian: чу́шка (bg) f (čúška)
• Dutch: (some fruit only) Spaanse peper (nl)
• Finnish: paprika (fi)
• Georgian: წიწაკა (c̣ic̣aḳa)
• Greek: πιπεριά (el) f (piperiá)
• Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: бабура f (babura)

• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: rapikama
• Navajo: azeedíchʼííʼ
• Persian: فلفل دلمه‏‎ (felfel dolme)
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: стручко́вый пе́рец m (stručkóvyj pérec), пе́рец (ru) m (pérec), сла́дкий пе́рец m (sládkij pérec), болга́рский пе́рец m (bolgárskij pérec), па́прика (ru) f (páprika), ка́псикум m (kápsikum) (special)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

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• Danish: ^{(please verify)} paprika
• French: (plant) ^{(please verify)} piment m, (fruit) ^{(please verify)} poivron m
• German: ^{(please verify)} Paprika f, m

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} capsico m
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} pimiento m