paprika

See also: Paprika, paprikā, and páprika

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 (dated)

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/, /pæˈpɹiːkə/, /ˈpæpɹɨkə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pəˈpɹiːkə/, /pæpˈɹiːkə/, /ˈpæpɹɨkə/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• 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).
   • 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, →ISBN:

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

3. (countable, rare, commonly called "dried [bell/chilli] peppers" or "dried capsicums") 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

• Spanish paprika

Translations

ground spice

• Arabic:

  Egyptian Arabic: بابريكا‎ f (babrika)

  Hijazi Arabic: بابركا‎ f (bābrika), پاپركا‎ f (pāprika)

  Moroccan Arabic: تحميرة‎ (taḥmīra)

• Belarusian: па́прыка f (pápryka)
• Bulgarian: сладък червен пипер (sladǎk červen piper)
• 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
• 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 f, paprica (it) f
• Japanese: パプリカ (ja) (papurika)
• Korean: 파프리카 (papeurika)
• Maltese: paprika
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: paprika m

  Nynorsk: paprika m

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

  Cyrillic: па̀прика f

  Roman: pàprika (sh) f

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

variety of the spice

• Finnish: paprika (fi)

dried peppers

• Finnish: kuivattu paprika (bell peppers); kuivattu chili (chilli peppers)

colour

• Japanese: パプリカ色 (papurika iro)

Adjective

paprika (comparative more paprika, superlative most 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)

See also

• goulash
• pepper
• pimiento

 

Appendix:Colors

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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

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian paprika.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaprɪka/

Noun

paprika f

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

Declension

Declension

	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

• pálivá paprika
• paprikový
• paprička
• sladká paprika

 

Related terms

• paprikáš

Gallery

• 

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• 

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Further reading

• paprika in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• paprika in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Danish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed 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

  (file)

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pa‧pri‧ka

Noun

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

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

   Synonym: paprikapoeder

Derived terms

• paprikachips
• paprikapoeder
• paprikasnuitkever

 

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Faroese

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian pàprika, from pȁpar (“ground pepper”), from Latin piper.

Noun

paprika n (genitive singular paprika, uncountable)

1. paprika (spice)

Declension

Declension of paprika (singular only)
n1s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	paprika	paprikað
accusative	paprika	paprikað
dative	paprika	paprikanum
genitive	paprika	paprikans

See also

• piparfrukt f (“bell pepper”)

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Finnish

Etymology

From Hungarian paprika.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

paprika

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

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 paprikainrare
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
instructive		—	paprikoin
abessive		paprikatta	paprikoitta
comitative		—	paprikoineen

Possessive forms of paprika (type kulkija)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	paprikani	paprikamme
2nd person	paprikasi	paprikanne
3rd person	paprikansa

Especially in the past also:

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 paprikainrare
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
instructive		—	paprikoin
abessive		paprikatta	paprikoitta
comitative		—	paprikoineen

Possessive forms of paprika (type katiska)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	paprikani	paprikamme
2nd person	paprikasi	paprikanne
3rd person	paprikansa

Compounds

• maustepaprika
• paprikajauhe
• ruokapaprika

 

See also

• pippuri

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian paprika.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.pʁi.ka/

• Audio

  (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.

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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

All are borrowed

• 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 Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Hungarian paprika via some Germanic language.

Noun

paprika f (genitive singular papriku, nominative plural paprikur)

1. bell pepper

Declension

declension of paprika

f-w1	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)”)

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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)

   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

   Synonym: saldais pipars

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)

   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

   Synonym: saldais pipars

Declension

Declension of paprika (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	paprika	paprikas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	papriku	paprikas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	paprikas	papriku
dative (datīvs)	paprikai	paprikām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	papriku	paprikām
locative (lokatīvs)	paprikā	paprikās
vocative (vokatīvs)	paprika	paprikas

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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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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

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

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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)

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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): /ˈpaprika/

Noun

paprika f (genitive singular papriky, nominative plural papriky, genitive plural paprík, declension pattern of žena)

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

Declension

Declension of paprika

	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
• paprikový
• paprička
• sladká paprika

 

Related terms

• paprikáš

Gallery

• 

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• 

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Further reading

• paprika in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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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”).

Noun

paprika f (plural paprikas)

1. paprika (spice)

   Synonym: pimentón

Further reading

• “paprika”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Etymology

From Hungarian paprika.

Noun

paprika c

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

Declension

Declension of paprika
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	paprika	paprikan	paprikor	paprikorna
Genitive	paprikas	paprikans	paprikors	paprikornas

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Hungarian paprika.

Noun

paprika c (plural paprika's, diminutive paprikake)

1. bell pepper