paprika

See also: Paprika, paprikā, and páprika

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English

Paprika

Examples of the fruits of the plant species Capsicum annuum, called bell peppers and chilli peppers, used to make paprika. Both bell peppers and the spice are called paprika in many languages, but not in English.

Alternative forms

• paprica (obsolete)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pəˈpɹiːkə/, /pæpˈɹiːkə/, /ˈpæpɹɪkə/

  • Audio (UK); /ˈpæp-/:

    (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /pəˈpɹiːkə/, /pæpˈɹiːkə/, /ˈpæpɹɪkə/
• Hyphenation: pa‧pri‧ka
• Rhymes: -iːkə

Noun

paprika (countable and uncountable, plural paprikas)

1. (uncountable) 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).
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 56:

     As a condiment in food, paprika is reputed to be strongly aphrodisiac.

   • 1995, Jean Andrews, Peppers: The Domesticated Capsicums, →ISBN, page 73:

     California is taking the lead, producing a paprika that is more standardized and more uniformly available than the European growers offer.

2. (countable) A variety of the spice.
   • 2011, Heidi Swan, Super Natural Evey Day‎^[1], →ISBN:

     Using the trio of paprikas gives more flavour than you'd get using a single paprika.

3. (countable, rare) A dried but not yet ground fruit of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper sold for use as a spice.
   • 2003, Jonathan Bousfield, Rough Guide to Croatia, →ISBN, page 123:

     strings of red paprikas hang outside to dry in the autumn

4. A bright reddish orange colour resembling that of the ground spice.

   paprika:  

Derived terms

• paprika paste
• Spanish paprika

Translations

ground spice

• Arabic: بَابْرِكَا f (bābrikā), بَابْرِيكَا f (bābrīkā), بَبْرِيكَا f (babrīkā)

  Egyptian Arabic: بابريكا f (babrika)

  Hijazi Arabic: بابركا f (bābrika), ببركا f (babrika), پپركا f (paprika)

  Moroccan Arabic: تحميرة (taḥmīra)

• Belarusian: па́прыка f (pápryka)
• Bulgarian: черве́н пипе́р (červén pipér)
• Burmese: အရောင်တင်မှုန့် (my) (a.raungtanghmun.)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 紅椒粉 / 红椒粉 (hung⁴ ziu¹ fan²), 甜紅椒粉 / 甜红椒粉 (tim⁴ hung⁴ ziu¹ fan²), 甜椒粉 (tim⁴ ziu¹ fan²)

  Mandarin: 辣椒粉 (làjiāofěn)

• Czech: paprika (cs) f
• Danish: paprika (da) c
• Dutch: paprika (nl) f
• Esperanto: papriko
• Faroese: paprika n, piparfrukt f (capsicum anuum)
• Finnish: paprika (fi), paprikajauhe (fi)
• French: paprika (fr) m
• Galician: pemento (gl) m, paprica f
• Georgian: წიწაკა (c̣ic̣aḳa)
• German: Paprika (de) f
• Greek: πάπρικα (el) f (páprika), κοκκινοπίπερο (el) n (kokkinopípero)
• Hungarian: paprika (hu), pirospaprika (hu)
• Ido: papriko (io)
• Indonesian: paprika (id)
• Italian: paprika (it) f, paprica (it) f
• Japanese: パプリカ (ja) (papurika)
• Korean: 파프리카 (papeurika)
• Maltese: paprika
• Mongolian: улаан чинжүү (ulaan činžüü)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: paprika m

  Nynorsk: paprika m

• Persian: پاپریکا (pâprikâ)
• Polish: papryka (pl) f
• Portuguese: páprica (pt) f, colorau (pt)
• Romanian: paprică (ro) f, boia (ro) f
• Russian: па́прика (ru) f (páprika)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: па̀прика f

  Latin: pàprika (sh) f

• Slovene: paprika (sl) f
• Spanish: pimentón (es) m, páprika (es) f, paprika (es) f
• Swedish: paprika (sv)
• Thai: ปาปริกา (paprika)
• Turkish: paprika (tr)
• Ukrainian: па́прика f (pápryka)
• Yiddish: פּאַפּריקע f (paprike)

variety of the spice

• Finnish: paprika (fi)
• Polish: papryka (pl) f
• Thai: ปาปริกา (paprika)

dried peppers

• Finnish: kuivattu paprika (bell peppers); kuivattu chili (chilli peppers)
• Polish: suszona papryka f

colour

• Finnish: paprikanpunainen
• Japanese: パプリカ色 (papurika iro)
• Polish: kolor paprykowy m

Adjective

paprika (comparative more paprika, superlative most paprika)

paprika

1. Of a bright reddish orange colour, like that of the dried paprika.

Translations

colour

• Japanese: パプリカ色の (papurikairo no)
• Polish: paprykowy (pl)

See also

• goulash
• pepper
• pimiento

• Appendix:Colors

Cebuano

Etymology

From English paprika, 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”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧pri‧ka

Noun

paprika

1. paprika; powdered spice made from dried and ground fruits of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper (cultivars of Capsicum annuum), or mixtures of these
2. the color of paprika

Adjective

paprika

1. having a bright reddish orange colour, like that of the dried paprika

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian pàprika, from pȁpar, from Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”), from Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaprɪka]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

paprika f

1. paprika (powder used as a spice)
2. pepper (fruit of the capsicum)

Declension

Declension of paprika (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	paprika	papriky
genitive	papriky	paprik
dative	paprice	paprikám
accusative	papriku	papriky
vocative	papriko	papriky
locative	paprice	paprikách
instrumental	paprikou	paprikami

Derived terms

• paprička
• paprikový
• pálivá paprika
• sladká paprika

Related terms

• paprikáš

Gallery

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Further reading

• “paprika”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “paprika”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

From German Paprika, from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian paprika.

Noun

paprika c (singular definite paprikaen, not used in plural form)

1. paprika (spice)

Declension

Declension of paprika

common gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	paprika	paprikaen
genitive	paprikas	paprikaens

Dutch

Etymology

From German Paprika, from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian pàprika, from pȁpar (“pepper”), from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi), from an Indo-Aryan language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑprikaː/, /ˈpaːprikaː/

• Audio:

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• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pa‧pri‧ka

Noun

paprika f (plural paprika's, diminutive paprikaatje n)

1. sweet pepper, bell pepper (plant or fruit of Capsicum annuum varieties yielding sweet peppers)

   Deze paprika bevat veel zaadjes. ― This bell pepper contains a lot of seeds.

   Het lukt me niet om paprika te laten groeien op mijn balkon. ― I can't get a Capsicum annuum plant to grow on my balcony.

2. paprika (spice)

   Synonym: paprikapoeder

Derived terms

• paprikachips
• paprikaplant
• paprikapoeder
• paprikasnuitkever
• puntpaprika

Faroese

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish paprika.

Noun

paprika n (genitive singular paprika, uncountable)

1. paprika (spice)

Declension

n1s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	paprika	paprikað
accusative	paprika	paprikað
dative	paprika	paprikanum
genitive	paprika	paprikans

See also

• piparfrukt f (“bell pepper”)

Finnish

Etymology

From German Paprika, from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian paprika.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑprikɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝prikɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑprikɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pap‧ri‧ka
• Hyphenation^(key): pap‧ri‧ka

Noun

paprika

1. pepper, bell pepper, sweet pepper (the fruit of a sweet variety of Capsicum annuum, used as vegetable)
2. paprika (spice made of dried, ground fruit of the milder varieties of Capsicum annuum)

Usage notes

The fruit, and the spice made of spicy varieties of Capsicum annuum as well as of other Capsicum species are called chili or chilipippuri in Finnish. The spice may also be called chilijauhe. There's no clear line of distinction between paprika and chili. Also the size of the fruit counts. The large varieties are often called paprika even if they are quite hot.

Declension

Inflection of paprika (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		paprika	paprikat
genitive		paprikan	paprikoiden paprikoitten
partitive		paprikaa	paprikoita
illative		paprikaan	paprikoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		paprika	paprikat
accusative	nom.	paprika	paprikat
	gen.	paprikan
genitive		paprikan	paprikoiden paprikoitten paprikain rare
partitive		paprikaa	paprikoita
inessive		paprikassa	paprikoissa
elative		paprikasta	paprikoista
illative		paprikaan	paprikoihin
adessive		paprikalla	paprikoilla
ablative		paprikalta	paprikoilta
allative		paprikalle	paprikoille
essive		paprikana	paprikoina
translative		paprikaksi	paprikoiksi
abessive		paprikatta	paprikoitta
instructive		—	paprikoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of paprika (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative paprikani paprikani accusative nom. paprikani paprikani gen. paprikani genitive paprikani paprikoideni paprikoitteni paprikaini rare partitive paprikaani paprikoitani inessive paprikassani paprikoissani elative paprikastani paprikoistani illative paprikaani paprikoihini adessive paprikallani paprikoillani ablative paprikaltani paprikoiltani allative paprikalleni paprikoilleni essive paprikanani paprikoinani translative paprikakseni paprikoikseni abessive paprikattani paprikoittani instructive — — comitative — paprikoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative paprikasi paprikasi accusative nom. paprikasi paprikasi gen. paprikasi genitive paprikasi paprikoidesi paprikoittesi paprikaisi rare partitive paprikaasi paprikoitasi inessive paprikassasi paprikoissasi elative paprikastasi paprikoistasi illative paprikaasi paprikoihisi adessive paprikallasi paprikoillasi ablative paprikaltasi paprikoiltasi allative paprikallesi paprikoillesi essive paprikanasi paprikoinasi translative paprikaksesi paprikoiksesi abessive paprikattasi paprikoittasi instructive — — comitative — paprikoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative paprikamme paprikamme accusative nom. paprikamme paprikamme gen. paprikamme genitive paprikamme paprikoidemme paprikoittemme paprikaimme rare partitive paprikaamme paprikoitamme inessive paprikassamme paprikoissamme elative paprikastamme paprikoistamme illative paprikaamme paprikoihimme adessive paprikallamme paprikoillamme ablative paprikaltamme paprikoiltamme allative paprikallemme paprikoillemme essive paprikanamme paprikoinamme translative paprikaksemme paprikoiksemme abessive paprikattamme paprikoittamme instructive — — comitative — paprikoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative paprikanne paprikanne accusative nom. paprikanne paprikanne gen. paprikanne genitive paprikanne paprikoidenne paprikoittenne paprikainne rare partitive paprikaanne paprikoitanne inessive paprikassanne paprikoissanne elative paprikastanne paprikoistanne illative paprikaanne paprikoihinne adessive paprikallanne paprikoillanne ablative paprikaltanne paprikoiltanne allative paprikallenne paprikoillenne essive paprikananne paprikoinanne translative paprikaksenne paprikoiksenne abessive paprikattanne paprikoittanne instructive — — comitative — paprikoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative paprikansa paprikansa accusative nom. paprikansa paprikansa gen. paprikansa genitive paprikansa paprikoidensa paprikoittensa paprikainsa rare partitive paprikaansa paprikoitaan paprikoitansa inessive paprikassaan paprikassansa paprikoissaan paprikoissansa elative paprikastaan paprikastansa paprikoistaan paprikoistansa illative paprikaansa paprikoihinsa adessive paprikallaan paprikallansa paprikoillaan paprikoillansa ablative paprikaltaan paprikaltansa paprikoiltaan paprikoiltansa allative paprikalleen paprikallensa paprikoilleen paprikoillensa essive paprikanaan paprikanansa paprikoinaan paprikoinansa translative paprikakseen paprikaksensa paprikoikseen paprikoiksensa abessive paprikattaan paprikattansa paprikoittaan paprikoittansa instructive — — comitative — paprikoineen paprikoinensa

Dated:

Inflection of paprika (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
nominative		paprika	paprikat
genitive		paprikan	paprikoiden paprikoitten paprikojen
partitive		paprikaa	paprikoita paprikoja
illative		paprikaan	paprikoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		paprika	paprikat
accusative	nom.	paprika	paprikat
	gen.	paprikan
genitive		paprikan	paprikoiden paprikoitten paprikojen paprikain rare
partitive		paprikaa	paprikoita paprikoja
inessive		paprikassa	paprikoissa
elative		paprikasta	paprikoista
illative		paprikaan	paprikoihin
adessive		paprikalla	paprikoilla
ablative		paprikalta	paprikoilta
allative		paprikalle	paprikoille
essive		paprikana	paprikoina
translative		paprikaksi	paprikoiksi
abessive		paprikatta	paprikoitta
instructive		—	paprikoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of paprika (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative paprikani paprikani accusative nom. paprikani paprikani gen. paprikani genitive paprikani paprikoideni paprikoitteni paprikojeni paprikaini rare partitive paprikaani paprikoitani paprikojani inessive paprikassani paprikoissani elative paprikastani paprikoistani illative paprikaani paprikoihini adessive paprikallani paprikoillani ablative paprikaltani paprikoiltani allative paprikalleni paprikoilleni essive paprikanani paprikoinani translative paprikakseni paprikoikseni abessive paprikattani paprikoittani instructive — — comitative — paprikoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative paprikasi paprikasi accusative nom. paprikasi paprikasi gen. paprikasi genitive paprikasi paprikoidesi paprikoittesi paprikojesi paprikaisi rare partitive paprikaasi paprikoitasi paprikojasi inessive paprikassasi paprikoissasi elative paprikastasi paprikoistasi illative paprikaasi paprikoihisi adessive paprikallasi paprikoillasi ablative paprikaltasi paprikoiltasi allative paprikallesi paprikoillesi essive paprikanasi paprikoinasi translative paprikaksesi paprikoiksesi abessive paprikattasi paprikoittasi instructive — — comitative — paprikoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative paprikamme paprikamme accusative nom. paprikamme paprikamme gen. paprikamme genitive paprikamme paprikoidemme paprikoittemme paprikojemme paprikaimme rare partitive paprikaamme paprikoitamme paprikojamme inessive paprikassamme paprikoissamme elative paprikastamme paprikoistamme illative paprikaamme paprikoihimme adessive paprikallamme paprikoillamme ablative paprikaltamme paprikoiltamme allative paprikallemme paprikoillemme essive paprikanamme paprikoinamme translative paprikaksemme paprikoiksemme abessive paprikattamme paprikoittamme instructive — — comitative — paprikoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative paprikanne paprikanne accusative nom. paprikanne paprikanne gen. paprikanne genitive paprikanne paprikoidenne paprikoittenne paprikojenne paprikainne rare partitive paprikaanne paprikoitanne paprikojanne inessive paprikassanne paprikoissanne elative paprikastanne paprikoistanne illative paprikaanne paprikoihinne adessive paprikallanne paprikoillanne ablative paprikaltanne paprikoiltanne allative paprikallenne paprikoillenne essive paprikananne paprikoinanne translative paprikaksenne paprikoiksenne abessive paprikattanne paprikoittanne instructive — — comitative — paprikoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative paprikansa paprikansa accusative nom. paprikansa paprikansa gen. paprikansa genitive paprikansa paprikoidensa paprikoittensa paprikojensa paprikainsa rare partitive paprikaansa paprikoitaan paprikojaan paprikoitansa paprikojansa inessive paprikassaan paprikassansa paprikoissaan paprikoissansa elative paprikastaan paprikastansa paprikoistaan paprikoistansa illative paprikaansa paprikoihinsa adessive paprikallaan paprikallansa paprikoillaan paprikoillansa ablative paprikaltaan paprikaltansa paprikoiltaan paprikoiltansa allative paprikalleen paprikallensa paprikoilleen paprikoillensa essive paprikanaan paprikanansa paprikoinaan paprikoinansa translative paprikakseen paprikaksensa paprikoikseen paprikoiksensa abessive paprikattaan paprikattansa paprikoittaan paprikoittansa instructive — — comitative — paprikoineen paprikoinensa

Derived terms

• paprikainen

compounds

• chilipaprika
• herne-maissi-paprika
• maustepaprika
• paprikajauhe
• paprikasumute
• paprikasumutin
• ruokapaprika
• savupaprika
• suippopaprika
• vihannespaprika

See also

• pippuri

Further reading

• “paprika”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian paprika.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.pʁi.ka/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pa‧pri‧ka

Noun

paprika m (plural paprikas)

1. paprika (powder used as a spice)

Further reading

• “paprika”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Hungarian

Paprika

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian pàprika.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɒprikɒ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pap‧ri‧ka
• Rhymes: -kɒ

Noun

paprika (plural paprikák)

1. paprika (spice)
2. pepper, bell pepper (fruit)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	paprika	paprikák
accusative	paprikát	paprikákat
dative	paprikának	paprikáknak
instrumental	paprikával	paprikákkal
causal-final	paprikáért	paprikákért
translative	paprikává	paprikákká
terminative	paprikáig	paprikákig
essive-formal	paprikaként	paprikákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	paprikában	paprikákban
superessive	paprikán	paprikákon
adessive	paprikánál	paprikáknál
illative	paprikába	paprikákba
sublative	paprikára	paprikákra
allative	paprikához	paprikákhoz
elative	paprikából	paprikákból
delative	paprikáról	paprikákról
ablative	paprikától	paprikáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	paprikáé	paprikáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	paprikáéi	paprikákéi

Possessive forms of paprika

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	paprikám	paprikáim
2nd person sing.	paprikád	paprikáid
3rd person sing.	paprikája	paprikái
1st person plural	paprikánk	paprikáink
2nd person plural	paprikátok	paprikáitok
3rd person plural	paprikájuk	paprikáik

Derived terms

• paprikás

Compound words

• csilipaprika
• tévépaprika
• tv-paprika
• zöldpaprika

Expressions

• töltött paprika

Descendants

• → Cebuano: paprika
• → Czech: paprika
• → Dutch: paprika
• → English: paprika
• → Faroese: paprika
• → Finnish: paprika
• → French: paprika
• → German: Paprika
• → Japanese: パプリカ
• → Latvian: paprika
• → Lower Sorbian: paprika
• → Polish: papryka
• → Slovak: paprika

Further reading

• paprika in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish paprika, which see.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʰaːprɪka]

Noun

paprika f (genitive singular papriku, nominative plural paprikur)

1. bell pepper

Declension

Declension of paprika (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	paprika	paprikan	paprikur	paprikurnar
accusative	papriku	paprikuna	paprikur	paprikurnar
dative	papriku	paprikunni	paprikum	paprikunum
genitive	papriku	paprikunnar	paprika	paprikanna

See also

• paprikuduft (“paprika (spice)”)

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch paprika, from German Paprika, from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian pàprika, from pȁpar (“pepper”), from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi), from an Indo-Aryan language.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /papˈrika/ [pap̚ˈri.ka]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: pap‧ri‧ka

Noun

paprika (plural paprika-paprika)

1. sweet pepper, bell pepper (plant or fruit of Capsicum annuum varieties yielding sweet peppers)
2. paprika (spice)

Further reading

• “paprika”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latvian

Paprika (1)

Paprika (2)

Paprika (2)

Etymology

Via other European languages, borrowed from Hungarian paprika, itself from Serbo-Croatian páprika, from pȁpar, from Latin piper (“pepper”), whence also Latvian pipars (q.v.).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [papɾika]

Noun

paprika m (1st declension)

1. sweet pepper, bell pepper (non-spicy type or cultivar of pepper, esp. Capsicum annuum)

   Synonym: saldais pipars

   paprikas augļi ― fruits of the sweet pepper (plant)

   paprika dienvidos ir puskrūms, bet Latvijā to audzē kā viengadīgu augu

   in the south, sweet pepper is a perennial bush (= plant), but in Latvia it is grown as an annual plant

   paprikas dzimtene ir Amerikas kontinenta tropu rajoni

   the native land of sweet peppers are the tropical regions of the American continent

2. (only plural) sweet pepper (the green, yellow or red fruits of this plant, eaten as vegetables; also, a condiment powder made from these fruits)

   Synonym: saldais pipars

   gaļu sagriež gabaliņos, apcep taukvielā, liek katlā, pievieno papriku

   cut the meat into small pieces, fry in a fat substance (= butter or margarine), put it in a pot (and) add paprika

Declension

Declension of paprika (4th)

	singular	plural
nominative	paprika	paprikas
genitive	paprikas	papriku
dative	paprikai	paprikām
accusative	papriku	paprikas
instrumental	papriku	paprikām
locative	paprikā	paprikās
vocative	paprika	paprikas

Limburgish

Noun

paprika m or f (plural paprika)

1. Veldeke spelling of Paprika

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Paprika, from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian pàprika, from pȁpar, from Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”), from Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaprʲika/

Noun

paprika f

1. paprika (spice)
2. bell pepper

Declension

Declension of paprika

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	paprika	paprice	papriki
genitive	papriki	paprikowu	paprikow
dative	paprice	paprikoma	paprikam
accusative	papriku	paprice	papriki
instrumental	papriku	paprikoma	paprikami
locative	paprice	paprikoma	paprikach

Further reading

• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “paprika”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from German Paprika (“paprika, bell pepper”), from Hungarian paprika (“paprika, bell pepper”), from Serbo-Croatian pàprika (“paprika, bell pepper”), from pȁpar (“pepper”), from Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь (“pepper”), from Latin piper (“pepper”), from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”), from Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”). Doublet of pepper.

Cognate with English paprika, Czech paprika, Dutch paprika, Finnish paprika, and Polish papryka.

Noun

paprika m (definite singular paprikaen, indefinite plural paprikaer, definite plural paprikaene)

1. bell pepper
2. (uncountable) paprika (spice)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Paprika, from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian paprika.

Noun

paprika m (definite singular paprikaen, indefinite plural paprikaer, definite plural paprikaene)

1. bell pepper
2. (uncountable) paprika (spice)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From pȁpar (“pepper”) +‎ -ika, from Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь, from Latin piper (“pepper”), from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi), from Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǎprika/
• Hyphenation: pa‧pri‧ka

Noun

pàprika f (Cyrillic spelling па̀прика)

1. bell pepper, pepper, paprika (Capsicum fruit)
2. (Croatia) paprika (powdered spice)

Declension

Declension of paprika

	singular	plural
nominative	pàprika	paprike
genitive	paprike	pȁprīkā
dative	paprici	paprikama
accusative	papriku	paprike
vocative	papriko	paprike
locative	paprici	paprikama
instrumental	paprikom	paprikama

Descendants

• → Hungarian: paprika (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “paprika”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian pàprika, from pȁpar, from Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”), from Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paprika/, [ˈpaprika]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Hyphenation: pap‧ri‧ka

Noun

paprika f (relational adjective paprikový, diminutive paprička)

1. pepper (fruit of the capsicum)
2. paprika (powder used as a spice)

Declension

Declension of paprika
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	paprika	papriky
genitive	papriky	paprík
dative	paprike	paprikám
accusative	papriku	papriky
locative	paprike	paprikách
instrumental	paprikou	paprikami

Derived terms

• pálivá paprika
• paprikovať
• sladká paprika

Related terms

• paprikáš

Gallery

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Further reading

• “paprika”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• páprika

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈpɾika/ [paˈpɾi.ka]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: pa‧pri‧ka

Noun

paprika f (plural paprikas)

1. paprika (spice)

   Synonym: pimentón

Further reading

• “paprika”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

grön, gul och röd paprika [green, yellow, and red bell pepper]

Etymology

From German Paprika, from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian paprika.

Noun

paprika c

1. pepper, bell pepper
2. (uncountable) paprika (spice)

Declension

Declension of paprika

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	paprika	paprikas
	definite	paprikan	paprikans
plural	indefinite	paprikor	paprikors
	definite	paprikorna	paprikornas

References

• “paprika”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “paprika”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “paprika”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

West Frisian

Etymology

From Dutch paprika, which see.

Noun

paprika c (plural paprika's, diminutive paprikake)

1. bell pepper