Paprika

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English

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian papar (ground peper) or paprika (peper, the vegetable) via Hungarian.

Noun

paprika

  1. A mild sweet cultivar of the pepper family Capsicum anuum
  2. the dried spice of the vegetable used in Hungarian cooking.
  3. (colour) a bright reddish orange colour, like that of the dried paprika.
    paprika colour:   

Translations

vegetable

spice

colour

Adjective

paprika

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

Translations

colour

Scientific names

Derived terms

See also


Bosnian

Noun

paprika f. s. (pl.: paprike)

  1. pepper (vegetable, as in bell pepper)
  2. paprika (spice)

Croatian

Noun

paprika f. s. (pl.: paprike)

  1. pepper (vegetable, as in bell pepper)
  2. paprika (spice)

Hungarian

Etymology

From a Southern Slavic language

Noun

paprika

  1. paprika

Serbian

Noun

paprika f. s. (pl.: paprike)

  1. pepper (vegetable, as in bell pepper)
  2. paprika (spice)

Cyrillic spelling

fr:paprika io:paprika id:paprika hu:paprika nl:paprika pl:paprika fi:paprika

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