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pep·per  (ppr)

n.

1. Black pepper.

2. Any of several plants of the genus Piper, as cubeb, betel, and kava.

3.

a. Any of several tropical American, cultivated forms of Capsicum frutescens or C. annuum, having podlike, many-seeded, variously colored berries.

b. The podlike fruit of any of these plants, varying in size, shape, and degree of pungency, with the milder types including the bell pepper and pimiento, and the more pungent types including the cherry pepper.

4. Any of various condiments made from the more pungent varieties of Capsicum frutescens, such as cayenne pepper, tabasco pepper, and chili. Also called hot pepper.

5. Baseball A warm-up exercise in which players standing a short distance from a batter field the ball and toss it to the batter, who hits each toss back to the fielders. Also called pepper game.

tr.v. pep·pered, pep·per·ing, pep·pers

1. To season or sprinkle with pepper.

2. To sprinkle liberally; dot.

3. To shower with or as if with small missiles. See Synonyms at barrage².

4. To make (a speech, for example) lively and vivid with wit or invective.

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[Middle English peper, from Old English pipor, from Latin piper, from Greek peperi, of Indic origin; akin to Prakrit pippar, from Sanskrit pippal, from pippalam, pipal.]

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pepper [ˈpɛpə]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a woody climbing plant, Piper nigrum, of the East Indies, having small black berry-like fruits: family Piperaceae

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the dried fruit of this plant, which is ground to produce a sharp hot condiment See also black pepper, white pepper

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various other plants of the genus Piper See cubeb, betel, kava

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called capsicum any of various tropical plants of the solanaceous genus Capsicum, esp C. frutescens, the fruits of which are used as a vegetable and a condiment See also bird pepper, sweet pepper, red pepper, cayenne pepper

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the fruit of any of these capsicums, which has a mild or pungent taste

6. (Cookery) the condiment made from the fruits of any of these plants

7. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various similar but unrelated plants, such as water pepper

vb (tr)

1. (Cookery) to season with pepper

2. to sprinkle liberally; dot his prose was peppered with alliteration

3. to pelt with small missiles

[Old English piper, from Latin, from Greek peperi; compare French poivre, Old Norse piparr]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pepper - climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam black pepper, common pepper, Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum, white pepper peppercorn, pepper - pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground genus Piper, Piper - type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs pepper vine, true pepper - any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper piperin, piperine - derived from pepper (especially black pepper); source of the hotness of black and white pepper
	2.	pepper - any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers capsicum, capsicum pepper plant pepper - sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum genus Capsicum, Capsicum - chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers Capsicum annuum conoides, cone pepper - plant bearing erect pungent conical red or yellow or purple fruits; sometimes grown as an ornamental Capsicum annuum longum, cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, chilli pepper, jalapeno, long pepper - plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red bell pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, paprika, pimento, pimiento, sweet pepper, sweet pepper plant - plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers Capsicum annuum cerasiforme, cherry pepper - plant bearing small rounded usually pungent fruits bird pepper, Capsicum baccatum, Capsicum frutescens baccatum - plant bearing very small and very hot oblong red fruits; includes wild forms native to tropical America; thought to be ancestral to the sweet pepper and many hot peppers Capsicum frutescens, hot pepper, tabasco pepper, tabasco plant - plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers; grown principally in the Gulf Coast states for production of hot sauce bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems capsaicin - colorless pungent crystalline compound derived from capsicum; source of the hotness of hot peppers of the genus Capsicum such as chili and cayenne and jalapeno
	3.	pepper - pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground peppercorn flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoning, seasoner - something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts black pepper - pepper that is ground from whole peppercorns with husks on white pepper - pepper ground from husked peppercorns black pepper, common pepper, Madagascar pepper, pepper, Piper nigrum, white pepper - climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
	4.	pepper - sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum solanaceous vegetable - any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum, Capsicum, and Lycopersicon sweet pepper - large mild crisp thick-walled capsicum peppers usually bell-shaped or somewhat oblong; commonly used in salads hot pepper - any of various pungent capsicum fruits capsicum, capsicum pepper plant, pepper - any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
Verb	1.	pepper - add pepper to; "pepper the soup" cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" spice up, zest, spice - add herbs or spices to
	2.	pepper - attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions" pelt attack, assail - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week"

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pepper

noun

seasoning, flavour, spice Season the mixture with salt and pepper.

verb

1. pelt, hit, shower, scatter, blitz, riddle, rake, bombard, assail, strafe, rain down on He was peppered with shrapnel.

2. sprinkle, spot, scatter, dot, stud, fleck, intersperse, speck, spatter, freckle, stipple, bespatter The road was peppered with glass.

Translations

pepper [ˈpepəʳ]

A. N

1. (= spice) → pimienta f
black/white pepper → pimienta f negra/blanca
see also cayenne

2. (= vegetable) → pimiento m, pimentón m (S. Cone)
green pepper → pimiento m verde, pimentón m verde(LAm)
red pepper (= capsicum) → pimiento m rojo, pimiento m morrón, pimentón m rojo(LAm)
see also chili

B. VT

1. (lit) → echar or poner pimienta a, sazonar con pimienta

2. (fig)

2.1. (= bombard) → acribillar
the walls were peppered with bullet holes → las paredes habían sido acribilladas a balazos
to pepper sth/sb with bullets → acribillar algo/a algn a balazos
to pepper sb with questions → acribillar a algn a preguntas

2.2. (= sprinkle) → salpicar
his English is heavily peppered with Americanisms → su inglés está salpicado de americanismos
to pepper a work with quotations → salpicar una obra de citas
his hair is peppered with grey → tiene el pelo salpicado de canas

C. CPD pepper mill N → molinillo m de pimienta
pepper plant N → pimentero m
pepper pot, pepper shaker (US) N → pimentero m
pepper steak N → filete m a la pimienta

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pepper [ˈpɛpə^r]

n

(= spice) → poivre m
Pass the pepper, please → Passez-moi le poivre, s'il vous plaît.

(= vegetable) → poivron m
a green pepper → un poivron vert

vt

(= season) → poivrer
peppered mackerel fillet → filet de maquereau au poivre

to pepper sth with [+ jokes, quotations, phrases] → truffer qch de
to be peppered with (jokes, quotations, phrases) → être truffé(e) de

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pepper

n → Pfeffer m; (= green, red pepper) → Paprika m; (= plant) → Pfefferstrauch m; two peppers → zwei Paprikaschoten

vt

(lit) → pfeffern

(fig) to pepper something with quotations → etw mit Zitaten spicken; to pepper somebody with shot → jdn mit Kugeln durchlöchern

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pepper:

pepper-and-salt

adj → Pfeffer-und-Salz-; hair → meliert; pepper pattern → Pfeffer-und-Salz-Muster nt

pepperbox

n (US) → Pfefferstreuer m

peppercorn

n → Pfefferkorn nt

peppercorn rent

n (= nominal rent) → nominelle or symbolische Miete

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pepper:

pepper mill

n → Pfeffermühle f

peppermint

n → Pfefferminz nt; (Bot) → Pfefferminze f

pepper pot

n → Pfefferstreuer m

pepper spray

n → Pfefferspray nt

pepper steak

n → Pfeffersteak m

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pepper [ˈpɛpəʳ]

1. n

a. (spice) → pepe m
white/black pepper → pepe bianco/nero

b. (vegetable) → peperone m

2. vt → pepare
to pepper an essay with quotations (fig) → infarcire un saggio di citazioni

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pepper

n pepper [ˈpepə]

1 the dried, powdered berries of a certain plant, used for seasoning food white/black pepper; This soup has too much pepper in it. peper فُلْفُل чер пипер pepř peber der Pfeffer πιπέρι pimienta pipar فلفل pippuri poivre פּלפֵּל שָׁחוֹר गोल मिर्च, काली मिर्च papar bors lada pipar pepe こしょう 후추 pipirai pipari lada peper pepper pieprz pimenta piper перец čierne korenie poper biber peppar พริกไทย toz biber 胡椒粉 перець کالي مرچ hạt tiêu 胡椒粉

2 the plant bearing these berries a pepper plant. peper نَبات الفُلْفُل пипер pepřovník peberplante der Pfefferstrauch πιπεριά pimentero pipar گیاه فلفل pippuri poivrier פִּלפֵּל मिर्च paprika bors tanaman lada piparrunni pepe こしょう 후추나무속(属)의 식물 pipiras pipars pokok lada peperplant pepperplante pieprz pimenteiro piper (negru) перец piepor poprovec biber peppar[] ต้นพริกไทย biber (fidanı) 胡椒 перець کالي مرچ کا پودا cây hạt tiêu 胡椒

3 any of several red, yellow, or green, hollow seed-containing fruits used as food red peppers stuffed with rice. peper أي نَوع من أنواع الفُلْفُل чушка paprika peberfrugt der Paprika πιπεριά pimiento paprika میوۀ گیاه فلفل paprika piment, poivron פִּלפֵּל मिर्च paprika povrće,punjena paprika (piros)paprika cabai pipar, paprika peperone ピーマンの類 고추 paprika paprika cili peper paprika, pepperfrukt papryka pimento ardei gras (сладкий) перец paprika paprika paprika paprika พริก biber 辣椒 перець مرچا quả ớt 辣椒

4 any of the plants which bear these. peper أي نَوع من أنواع نَبات الفُلْفُل чушка paprika peberplante der Paprikastrauch πιπεριά pimiento pipar, paprika گیاه فلفل paprika poivron, piment פִּלפֵּל मिर्च वाले पौध्‍ो paprika paprika tanaman cabai piparrunni, papríkujurt peperone ピーマンの類の植物 고추 속(属)의 식물 paprika paprika pokok cili paprikaplant paprikaplante papryka pimenteiro ardei gras паприка paprika paprika paprika paprika[] ต้นพริก biber (fidanı) 辣椒植物 перець مرچے کا پودا cây ớt 辣椒植物

v

1 to put pepper in or on (some food) You don't have to pepper the soup. peper يَضَع الفُلْفُل посипвам с пипер pepřit pebre pfeffern βάζω πιπέρι σε aderezar con pimienta pipardama فلفل زدن maustaa pippurilla poivrer לְתַבֵּל בְּפִּלפֵּל मिर्च डालना začiniti megborsoz memberi lada pipra pepare こしょうをかける 후추로 양념하다 berti pipirų, pipiruoti piparot, piebērt piparus membubuh lada peper doen in pepre, krydre med pepper (po)pieprzyć apimentar a pipera перчить (o)koreniť poprati zabiberiti peppra โรยพริกไทย biber koymak 加胡椒粉 перчити مرچا ڈالنا rắc tiêu; cho ớt vào 加胡椒粉

2 (withwith) to throw, fire etc many, usually small, objects at (someone) He peppered them with bullets. peper يُمْطِرُ بِوابِلٍ من посипвам zasypat dænge til med bombardieren γαζώνω (μτφ.), σφυροκοπώ acribillar üle külvama زدن؛ سوراخ سوراخ کردن kylvää mitrailler “לְרַסֵס” बौछार करना obasuti sačmom rálődöz memberondong láta rigna yfir colpire 浴びせかける 퍼붓다 apiberti apbērt menghujani bestoken bombardere, la hagle nedover zasypać gradem pocisków crivar a trage cu mitraliera; a arunca cu забрасывать zasypať (čím) zasuti zasuti peppra [] ระดมยิง delik deşik etmek 投擲 закидати ڈالنا، بوچھاڑ کرنا bắn/ném tới tấp 投掷

adj peppery

1 (of food) containing a lot of pepper The soup is too peppery. peperagtig مُفَلْفَل лют (o)pepřený pebret scharf πιπεράτος picante por la pimienta piprane تند؛ پرفلفل pippurinen poivré חָרִיף तीता, तीखा začinjeno borsos (ízű) pedas mikið pipraður pepato こしょうのきいた 후추를 많이 뿌린 pipiruotas piparots pedas gepeperd skarp, pepret pieprzny apimentado piperat наперченный (o)korenený popran papren pepparstark เผ็ดร้อน biberli 辣的 перчений; гострий تيکھا cay 辣的

2 easily made angry a peppery old man. liggeraak سَريع الغَضَب сприхав prchlivý hidsig hitzig ευέξαπτος irritable, enojadizo, de malas pulgas, colérico keevaline تند خو helposti suuttuva colérique רַגזָנִי चिड़चिड़ा operušati kritikom ingerlékeny pemarah uppstökkur collerico 短気な 성마른 karštas, ūmus ātras dabas- baran opvliegend hissig porywczy irritável coleric вспыльчивый prchký razdražljiv razdraživ hetsig, ettrig, argsint ซึ่งโมโหง่าย geçimsiz, çabuk kızan 易怒的 запальний چڑچڑا nóng tính 易怒的

n peppercorn

the berry of the pepper plant. peperkorrel حُبوب الفُلْفُل зърно пипер zrnko pepře peberkorn das Pfefferkorn κόκκος πιπεριού grano de pimienta pipar دانه فلفل pippuri grain de poivre גַרגִיר פִּלפֵּל मिर्च का दाना zrno papra borsszem buah lada piparkorn granello di pepe こしょうの実 후추 열매 pipiro grūdelis pipara graudiņš lada biji peperkorrel pepperkorn ziarnko pieprzu grão de pimenta boabă de piper зёрнышко перца, перчинка zrnko čierneho korenia poprovo zrno zrno bibera pepparkorn เมล็ดพริกไทย tane kara biber 胡椒子 зернина перцю, перчинка مرچ hột tiêu 胡椒子

n pepper-mill

a small container in which peppercorns are ground into a powder. pepermeul مَطْحَنَة الفُلْفُل мелачка mlýnek na pepř peberkværn die Pfeffermühle μύλος πιπεριού molinillo de pimienta pipraveski فلفل ساب pippurimylly moulin à poivre מַטחֶנַת פִּלפֵּל बर्तन जिसमें मिर्च के बीज पीसे जाते हैं mlin borsdaráló gilingan lada piparkvörn macinino per pepe こしょうひき 후추 빻는 기구 pipirmalė piparu dzirnaviņas pengisar lada pepermolen pepperkvern młynek do pieprzu moinho de pimenta râşni­ţă de piper мельница (для перца) mlynček na korenie mlinček za poper mlin za biber pepparkvarn กระปุกพริกไทย biber değirmeni 磨胡椒子的小罐 перцемолка مرچوں کو پيسنے کا ڈبہ cối xay hạt tiêu 磨胡椒子的小罐

n peppermint

1 a flavouring taken from a type of plant and used in sweets etc. peperment نَعْنَع فُلْفُلي мента mentol pebermynte die Pfefferminze είδος δυόσμου menta, hierbabuena piparmünt نعناع piparminttu menthe (poivrée) נַעֲנָע पुदीने का सत्व metvica borsosmenta pepermin piparmynta menta piperita はっか 박하 pipirmėtė piparmētra pudina pepermunt peppermynte mięta hortelã-pimenta mentă мята перечная mentol poprova meta nana pepparmint รสสะระแหน่ nane 薄荷 м'ята پپرمنٹ، ايک قسم کا پودينہ dầu bạc hà 薄荷

2 (sometimes abbreviated tomint) a sweet flavoured with peppermint The little boy had a bag of peppermints. peperment حَلْوى النَّعْنَع ментово бонбонче mentolka pebermyntebolche die Pfefferminze μέντα pastilla/caramelo de menta piparmündikomm آب نبات نعنایی piparminttukaramelli bonbon à la menthe מֶנטָה पुदीने का सत्व pepermint, mentol bombon mentacukorka permen piparmyntubrjóstsykur mentina, caramella di menta はっかあめ 박하사탕 mėtinis saldainis piparmētru konfekte pepermin pepermuntje peppermyntesukkertøy, pastill cukierek miętowy rebuçado de hortelã bomboană de mentă мятная конфета mentolový cukrík mentol bonbon bombona od peperminta mintkaramell สะระแหน่ nane şekeri 薄荷油 м'ятний льодяник پپرمنٹ کے ذائقہ کي مٹھائي kẹo bạc hà 薄荷油

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pepper → فُلْفُل pepř peber Pfeffer πιπέρι pimienta pippuri poivre papar pepe コショウ 후추 paprika pepper pieprz pimenta перец peppar พริกไทยป่น biber hạt tiêu 胡椒粉