Definitions of pepper [ˈpɛp ər]

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Definition of 'pepper'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) pepper
the pungent dried berries of the tropical climbing shrub Piper nigrum, used whole, crushed, or ground as a condiment.

2.  pepper
any plant of the genus Piper, of the pepper family, several of which yield similar pungent berries.

3.  pepper
any of several plants belonging to the genus Capsicum, of the nightshade family, esp. C. annuum and
C. frutescens.

4.  pepper
the usu. green or red fruit of any of these plants, ranging from mild to very pungent in flavor.

5.  pepper
the pungent seeds of several varieties of C. annuum or C. frutescens, used ground or whole as a condiment.

6. (v.t.) pepper
to season with or as if with pepper.

7.  pepper
to sprinkle or cover, as if with pepper; dot.

8.  pepper
to pelt with or as if with shot or missiles.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME peper, piper, OE pipor (&whence; ON pipari, piparr) < L piper < Gk péperi; cf. OFris piper, D peper, OHG pfeffar (G Pfeffer), all perh. < a common WGmc borrowing < L)

Definition of 'pepper'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) pepper, common pepper, black pepper, white pepper, Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum
climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam

2. (noun) capsicum, pepper, capsicum pepper plant
any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers

3. (noun) pepper, peppercorn
pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground

4. (verb) pepper
sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum

5. (verb) pepper
add pepper to
"pepper the soup"

6. (verb) pepper, pelt
attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
"pelt the speaker with questions"

Definition of 'pepper'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) pepper
a strong-tasting white or black powder used to flavor food
Add a little salt and pepper.

2. pepper
a hollow red, green, or yellow vegetable with seeds inside
sliced red pepper

3. pepper
a very spicy small red, green, or yellow vegetable used to flavor food
chili peppers

Definition of 'pepper'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) pepper
a well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum

2. (noun) pepper
the plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody climber (Piper nigrum), with ovate leaves and apetalous flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several hundred species of the genus Piper, widely dispersed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the earth

3. (noun) pepper
any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red pepper; as, the bell pepper

4. (verb) pepper
to sprinkle or season with pepper

5. (verb) pepper
figuratively: To shower shot or other missiles, or blows, upon; to pelt; to fill with shot, or cover with bruises or wounds

6. (verb) pepper
to fire numerous shots (at)

Translation of 'pepper'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the dried, powdered berries of a certain plant, used for seasoning food white/black pepper; This soup has too much pepper in it.
Afrikaans: peper	Arabic: فُلْفُل	Bulgarian: чер пипер
Brazilian: pimenta	Czech: pepř	German: der Pfeffer
Danish: peber	Greek: πιπέρι	Spanish: pimienta
Estonian: pipar	Farsi: فلفل	Finnish: pippuri
French: poivre	Hebrew: פּלפֵּל שָׁחוֹר	Hindi: गोल मिर्च, काली मिर्च
Croatian: papar	Hungarian: bors	Indonesian: lada
Icelandic: pipar	Italian: pepe	Japanese: こしょう
Korean: 후추	Lithuanian: pipirai	Latvian: pipari
Malay: lada	Dutch: peper	Norwegian: pepper
Polish: pieprz	Persian: فلفل	Pashto: مرچ
Portuguese: pimenta	Romanian: piper	Russian: перец
Slovak: čierne korenie	Slovenian: poper	Serbian: biber
Swedish: peppar	Thai: พริกไทย	Turkish: toz biber
Taiwanese: 胡椒粉	Ukrainian: перець	Urdu: کالي مرچ
Vietnamese: hạt tiêu	Chinese: 胡椒粉
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