Image:Pfeffer-Gewürz.jpg|thumb|right|Peppercorns (2).
Image:Immature jalapeno capsicum annuum var annuum.jpeg|thumb|right|Peppers (capiscum).
English

Etymology
Old English piper

Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/�p�p�/
(General American|US) IPA|/�p�p�/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�p�(r)|-�p�(r)

Noun
en-noun|s|-

1. A plant of the family Piperaceae.
2. uncountable A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe red berries of this plant.
3. A fruit of the capsicum: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in very spicy and mild varieties.
4. baseball A game used by baseball players to warm up where fielders standing close to a batter rapidly return the batted ball to be hit again

#: Some ballparks have signs saying "No pepper games".

Synonyms
i-c|fruit of the capsicum

• (spicy): chili, chili pepper, chilli, hot pepper
• (mild) bell pepper, paprika, sweet pepper

Translations
trans-top|plant
Crimean Tatar: biber
French: t-|fr|poivrier|m
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Swedish: pepparväxt c
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Slovene: t+|sl|poper|m
Spanish: t+|es|pimienta|f
Swedish: t|sv|peppar|c
Turkish: t+|tr|karabiber
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Slovene: poper m
Spanish: (spicy) pimiento#Spanish|pimiento m
Swedish: (spicy) chilipeppar c, (mild) paprika#Swedish|paprika c
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Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To add pepper to.
2. transitive To strike with something made up of small particles.
3. transitive To be covered with lots of (something made up of small things).

#: After the hailstorm, the beach was peppered with holes.

1. transitive To add (something) at frequent intervals.

#: He liked to pepper his conversation with long words.

Translations

trans-top|add pepper to
French: poivrer, assaisonner de poivre
trans-mid
Slovene: popoprati
Swedish: t+|sv|peppra
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trans-top|strike with small particles
trans-mid
Italian: pepare, condire con pepe
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trans-top|be covered with lots of (small things)
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|add at frequent intervals
trans-mid
Swedish: peppra
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Related terms
top3
bell pepper
black pepper
chili pepper
green pepper
pepper and salt
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peppercorn
pepper mill, peppermill
peppermint
pepperpot
pepper shaker
peppery
mid3
red pepper
Scotch bonnet pepper
sweet pepper
white pepper
yellow pepper

See also
salt
w:Pepper|Wikipedia article on pepper
w:Capsicum|Wikipedia article on peppers (fruits of the capsicum plant)

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