paprika
Pluralpaprikas (some meanings)
Pluralpaprikas (some meanings)
- 1A red powder made from dried, ground peppers, used to add flavor and color to food.
Like cinnamon, but red and made from dried peppers instead of bark.
She sprinkled paprika over the deviled eggs before serving.
A spoonful of paprika gave the stew its deep red color.
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- 2A particular kind of the red pepper spice, like a sweet type or a hot type.
The spice shop let us smell each paprika before we chose one.
This dish needs a sweet paprika rather than a smoky one.
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- 3A bright reddish-orange color, like the spice made from dried peppers.
Like the color of a ripe red bell pepper just starting to glow orange.
She painted the kitchen walls a warm paprika.
The autumn leaves turned a deep paprika in the afternoon light.
- 4Having a bright reddish-orange color, like dried red peppers.
She wore a paprika scarf to brighten the gray outfit.
They repainted the front door a cheerful paprika shade.
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Less common meaning
- 5A whole dried pepper sold as a spice, before it is ground into powder.
strings of red paprikas hang outside to dry in the autumn
2003, Jonathan Bousfield, Rough Guide to CroatiaHere, paprikas means whole dried peppers, not yet ground into spice.Note
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Origin
It comes from Hungarian paprika, which goes back through Slavic and Latin words to a Greek word meaning "pepper."