paprika

[ pa-pree-kuh, puh-, pah-, pap-ri-kuh ]

noun
  1. a red, powdery condiment derived from dried, ripe sweet peppers.

adjective
  1. cooked or seasoned with paprika.

Origin of paprika

1
First recorded in 1895–1900; from Hungarian, from Serbo-Croatian pàprika “pepper, paprika,” derivative of pȁpar “ground pepper,” from unattested Slavic pĭprŭ, pĭprĭ (compare Old Church Slavonic pĭprŭ, Slovenian péper, Czech pepř, Polish pieprz ), ultimately from Latin piper pepper

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paprika

/ (ˈpæprɪkə, pæˈpriː-) /


noun
  1. a mild powdered seasoning made from a sweet variety of red pepper

  2. the fruit or plant from which this seasoning is obtained

Origin of paprika

1
C19: via Hungarian from Serbo-Croat, from papar pepper

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