# paprika

Pronunciation: say "puh-PREE-kuh" /pəˈpɹiːkə/

## Noun

1. A powdered spice made by drying and grinding sweet or chili peppers, used especially in Hungarian cooking.
   - Simple: A red powder made from dried, ground peppers, used to add flavor and color to food.
   - _The goulash recipe calls for a generous tablespoon of paprika._
   - _He toasted the paprika briefly in hot oil to release its aroma._
2. A particular variety of the ground pepper spice, such as a sweet one or a hot one.
   - Simple: A particular kind of the red pepper spice, like a sweet type or a hot type.
   - _A smoked paprika lends a savory edge that the plain ground spice lacks._
   - _The shop stocked half a dozen paprikas at different price points._
3. The vivid reddish-orange shade of the ground spice of the same name.
   - Simple: A bright reddish-orange color, like the spice made from dried peppers.
   - _The designer chose a rich paprika for the accent cushions._
   - _At sunset the cliffs glowed a warm paprika against the sky._

## Adjective

4. Bright reddish-orange in color, resembling that of the dried spice.
   - Simple: Having a bright reddish-orange color, like dried red peppers.
   - _The room felt warmer once the walls were a deep paprika tone._
   - _A paprika sunset spread across the desert horizon._

## Noun

5. A dried but not yet ground fruit of a sweet or chili pepper, sold for use as a spice. *(rare)*
   - Simple: A whole dried pepper sold as a spice, before it is ground into powder.

## Origin

Borrowed from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian pàprika (from pȁpar) and Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь, ultimately from Latin piper and Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, "pepper"), of Indo-Aryan origin; compare Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, "long pepper").

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