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”). Akin to paprikash.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpæpɹɨkə/, /pəˈpɹiːkə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pəˈpɹiːkə/, /pæpˈɹiːkə/, /ˈpæpɹɨkə/
• Rhymes: -iːkə

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") 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 colour:  

• (pepper cultivar): green pepper, red pepper, sweet pepper, yellow pepper, bell pepper, capsicum

• Spanish paprika

paprika (comparative more paprika, superlative most paprika)

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

• goulash
• pepper
• pimiento
• Appendix:Colors

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”).

• Hyphenation: pa‧pri‧ka

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

paprika

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

Borrowed from Hungarian paprika.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaprɪka/

paprika f

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

• paprička
• paprikový
• pálivá paprika
• sladká paprika

• paprikáš

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

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

1. paprika (spice)

Borrowed from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian paprika, diminutive of papar (“pepper”), from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi), from an Indo-Aryan language.

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  IPA^(key): /ˈpɑprikaː/

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

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

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

• paprikapoeder

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

paprika n (genitive singular paprika, uncountable)

1. paprika (spice)

• piparfrukt f (“bell pepper”)

From Hungarian paprika.

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)

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.

Especially in the past also:

• maustepaprika
• paprikajauhe
• ruokapaprika

• pippuri

Borrowed from Hungarian paprika.

• IPA^(key): /pa.pʁi.ka/

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• Hyphenation: pa‧pri‧ka

paprika m (plural paprikas)

1. paprika (powder used as a spice)

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian pàprika.

Paprika

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɒprikɒ]

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• Hyphenation: pap‧ri‧ka

paprika (plural paprikák)

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

• paprikás
• tévépaprika
• tv-paprika
• zöldpaprika

(Expressions):

• töltött paprika

• 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

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.).

• IPA^(key): [papɾika]

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 condinent

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

• saldais pipars

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaprʲika/

paprika f

1. paprika (spice)
2. bell pepper

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

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

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

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

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

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

pàprika f (Cyrillic spelling па̀прика)

1. bell pepper, pepper, paprika (Capsicum fruit)

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaprika/

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)

• paprička
• paprikový
• pálivá paprika
• sladká paprika
• paprikovať

• paprikáš

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• paprika in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

paprika c

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

paprika c (plural paprika's, diminutive paprikake)

1. bell pepper