paprika
Powdered spice made from dried and ground fruits of sweet pepper or chili pepper, or…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).
» Goulash without red paprika is unimaginable.
Meaning
4 senses(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).
a mild powdered seasoning made from dried pimientos
(countable)A variety of the spice.
Paprika
па́прикаpáprika
па́прикаpápryka
(countable, rare)A dried but not yet ground fruit of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper sold for use as a spice.
(countable, uncountable)A bright reddish orange colour resembling that of the ground spice.
Examples
14 sentencesGoulash without red paprika is unimaginable.
Is this dish seasoned with pepper or paprika?
deIst dieses Gericht mit Pfeffer oder mit Paprika gewürzt?
The recipe calls for a pinch of paprika.
Is this food seasoned with pepper or paprika?
I really want that bag of paprika potato chips.
deIch will unbedingt die Tüte mit Paprikakartoffelchips da haben.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian pàprika, from pȁpar, from Proto-SlaviBorrowed 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.
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Forms
plural: paprikasSynonyms
6 synonyms- plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers:sweet pepperbell pepperpimentopimientosweet pepper plantCapsicum annuum grossum
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable