German

Noun

Paprika m, f ‎(genitive Paprika or Paprikas, plural Paprika or Paprikas)

1. (chiefly masculine) paprika (spice)
2. (chiefly feminine) bell pepper

Usage notes

• The genitive is (der) Paprika in feminine use, and (des) Paprika or (des) Paprikas in masculine use.
• The plural is most often unchanged Paprika when preceded by an article, determiner, or numeral, and most often Paprikas when standing alone. This distinction is just a tendency, however.

Luxembourgish

Noun

Paprika m ‎(plural Paprikaen)

1. (uncountable) paprika
2. bell pepper

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.

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 0292704674, 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 1742702058:

     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 1843530848, 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:

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• Spanish paprika

Translations

Adjective

paprika ‎(comparative more paprika, superlative most paprika)

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

Translations

See also

• goulash
• pepper
• pimiento
• Appendix:Colors

Czech

Etymology

Borrowing from Hungarian paprika.

Noun

paprika f

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

Declension

• 

  Paprika

• 

  Paprika

• 

  Paprika

Derived terms

• paprička
• paprikový
• pálivá paprika
• sladká paprika

Related terms

• paprikáš

Danish

Noun

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

1. paprika (spice)

Declension

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. pepper, bell pepper

Faroese

Etymology

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

Noun

paprika n (genitive singular paprika, uncountable)

1. paprika (spice)

Declension

See also

• piparfrukt f ‎(“bell pepper”)

Finnish

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

Especially in the past also:

See also

• pippuri

French

Etymology

Borrowing from Hungarian paprika.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

paprika m ‎(plural paprikas)

1. paprika (powder used as a spice)

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowing from Serbo-Croatian pàprika.

Paprika

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɒprikɒ]
• Hyphenation: pap‧ri‧ka

Noun

paprika ‎(plural paprikák)

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

Declension

Derived terms

• paprikás
• zöldpaprika
• töltött paprika

Latvian

Paprika (1)

Paprika (2)

Paprika (2)

Etymology

Via other European languages, a borrowing 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 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

Declension

Synonyms

• saldais pipars

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowing 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

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

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

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pàprika f ‎(Cyrillic spelling па̀прика)

1. bell pepper, pepper (Capsicum fruit)

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowing from Hungarian paprika.

Noun

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

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

• 

  Paprika

• 

  Paprika

• 

  Paprika

Declension

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• paprikáš

Swedish

Noun

paprika c

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

Declension