peppercorn

English

Etymology

From Middle English peper corn, peper-corn, pepercorn, from Old English piporcorn (“peppercorn”), corresponding to pepper +‎ corn. Compare Dutch peperkorrel (“peppercorn”), German Pfefferkorn (“peppercorn”), Danish peberkorn (“peppercorn”), Swedish pepparkorn (“peppercorn”), Icelandic piparkorn (“peppercorn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛpəkɔːn/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛpɚkɔɹn/

Noun

peppercorn (plural peppercorns)

1. The seeds of the plant Piper nigrum. Commonly used as a spice, usually but not always ground or crushed.
2. A small, insignificant quantity; a nominal consideration used to satisfy the requirements for the creation of a legal contract.

   peppercorn rent

Translations

the seeds of the plant Piper nigrum

• Assamese: গোল মৰিচ (gül moris)
• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: peperkorrel (nl) m
• Finnish: pippuri (fi), pippurinmarja
• French: grain de poivre
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Pfefferkorn (de) n
• Greek: πιπερόκοκκος m (piperókokkos)
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• Hindi: गोलमिर्च (hi) (golmirc)
• Italian: grano di pepe
• Latin: grānum piperis n
• Lü: ᦘᦲᧅᦓᦾᧉ (phiiknoay²)
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• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

a small, insignificant quantity

• Finnish: mitätön määrä
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Derived terms

• peppercorn rent

Gallery

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  young peppercorn
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  Fruits of peppercorn
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  Dried peppercorn
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  varieties of peppercorn