capsicum

See also: Capsicum

English

Capsicum frutescens

Wikispecies

Etymology

Borrowed 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.

   Hyponyms: cayenne pepper, paprika

2. (especially Australia) The spicy fruit of the above plants, the bell pepper.
   • 2004, Harold McGee, chapter 6, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:

     Celery is often combined with carrots and onions in gently fried aromatic base preparations for other dishes (French mirepoix, Italian soffritto, Spanish sofregit; in the Louisiana Cajun “trinity” of aromatics the carrots are replaced by green capsicums).

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
• Danish: paprika (da) c
• Dutch: capsicum n
• Esperanto: kapsiko
• Estonian: paprika (et), punapipar
• Finnish: paprika (fi)
• French: piment doux (fr) m, piment (fr) m
• German: Capsicum n, Paprika (de) m
• Greek: πιπεριά (el) f (piperiá)
• Hebrew: פִּלְפֶּלֶת‎ (he) f
• 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
• Romanian: ardei (ro) 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: па̀прика f

  Roman: pàprika (sh) f

• Slovak: paprika f
• Spanish: pimiento (es) m
• Swedish: paprika (sv) c
• Thai: ชี้ฟ้า (chíi-fáa), พริกหยวก (prík-yùuak)
• 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)
• Classical Nahuatl: chīlli
• Danish: peberfrugt c
• Dutch: (some fruit only) Spaanse peper (nl) ?
• Finnish: paprika (fi)
• French: poivron (fr) m
• Georgian: წიწაკა (c̣ic̣aḳa)
• German: Paprika (de) f or m, Paprikaschote (de) f
• Greek: πιπεριά (el) f (piperiá)
• Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: peperone (it) m
• 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: ardei (ro) 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)
• Spanish: pimiento (es) m
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

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• Danish: ^{(please verify)} paprika (da) ?