Phrase guide

bell pepper

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌbɛl ˈpɛpɚ/
  • [ˌbɛɫ ˈphɛpɚ]
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of several bell-shaped varieties of Capsicum annuum, an edible, sweet, generally mild (not spicy) fruit, originating in the New World.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, Philippines, US, countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: (UK) sweet pepper, (Australia, India) capsicum

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sweet pepper, capsicum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pepper, capsicum

2

noun

Meaning 2

large bell-shaped sweet pepper in green or red or yellow or orange or black varieties

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sweet pepper

3

noun

Meaning 3

plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sweet pepper, pimento, pimiento, paprika, sweet pepper plant, Capsicum annuum grossum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: capsicum, pepper, capsicum pepper plant

History

Etymology

From the bell-like shape.

Across languages

Translations

117 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: soetrissie — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Arabic: فِلْفِل حُلْو (filfil ḥulw) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Arabic: فِلْفِل رُومِيّ (filfil rūmiyy) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Arabic: فُلَيْفِلَة (fulayfila) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Arabic: فلفل رومي (felfel rumi) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Arabic: فلفلة (falfla) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Arabic: چمبا (gamba) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Arabic: فلفل چمبا (filfil gamba) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Armenian: տաքդեղ (takʻdeġ) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Armenian: բիբար (bibar) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Belarusian: сало́дкі пе́рац (salódki pjérac) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Bulgarian: чу́шка (čúška) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Catalan: pebrot — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 菜椒 (càijiāo) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 甜椒 (tiánjiāo) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 燈籠椒 /灯笼椒 (dēnglongjiāo) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Czech: paprika — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Danish: peberfrugt — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Danish: peber — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Danish: paprika — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Dutch: paprika — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Dutch: Spaanse peper — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Esperanto: kapsiko — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Esperanto: kapsikofrukto — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Faroese: piparfrukt — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Finnish: paprika — spicy-sweet fruit
  • French: poivron — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Galician: pemento — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Georgian: ბულგარული (bulgaruli) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Georgian: ბულგარული წიწაკა (bulgaruli c̣ic̣aḳa) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Georgian: წიწაკა (c̣ic̣aḳa) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • German: Paprika — spicy-sweet fruit
  • German: Gemüsepaprika — spicy-sweet fruit
  • German: Paprikaschote — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Greek: πιπεριά (piperiá) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Greenlandic: qasilitsoq — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Hawaiian: nīoi pūhaʻuhaʻu — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Hebrew: גַּמְבָּה (gámba) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Hungarian: kaliforniai paprika — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Hungarian: bell paprika — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Hunsrik: Pimentong — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Icelandic: paprika — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Indonesian: paprika — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Italian: peperone — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Japanese: ピーマン (pīman) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Japanese: パプリカ (papurika) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Khmer: ម្ទេសប្លោក (mteih plaok) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Korean: 피망 (pimang) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Korean: 사자고추 (sajagochu) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Latin: capsicum — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Latvian: paprika — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Latvian: saldais pipars — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Lithuanian: paprika — spicy-sweet fruit
  • : ᦘᦲᧅᦵᦃᧁ (phiikẋew) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Macedonian: бабура (babura) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Malay: lada benggala — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Malay: lada besar — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Malay: lada congcang — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Malay: cabai selasih — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Malay: cabai seberang — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Malay: cabai acung — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Malayalam: കാപ്സിക്കം (kāpsikkaṁ) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Malayalam: മുളക് (muḷakŭ) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Maltese: bżar — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Māori: kīkini — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Māori: rapikama — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Classical Nahuatl: chīlli — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Navajo: azeedíchʼííʼ — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Navajo: azeedíchʼííʼ dootłʼizh danímazígíí — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Norwegian Bokmål: paprika — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Iranian Persian: فِلْفِلدُلْمِهای (felfel-dolme-i) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Iranian Persian: پاپْریکا (pâprikâ) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Polish: papryka — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Portuguese: pimentão — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Portuguese: pimento — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Romanian: ardei — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Romanian: ardei gras — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Romanian: gogoșar — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Romansh: paivrun — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Russian: сла́дкий пе́рец (sládkij pérec) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Russian: болга́рский пе́рец (bolgárskij pérec) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Russian: стручко́вый пе́рец (stručkóvyj pérec) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Russian: пе́рец (pérec) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Russian: па́прика (páprika) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Russian: ка́псикум (kápsikum) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Serbo-Croatian: па̀прика — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Serbo-Croatian: pàprika — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Slovak: paprika — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Slovene: paprika — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Spanish: pimiento — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Spanish: chile dulce — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Spanish: chile morrón — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Spanish: chile pimiento — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Spanish: chiltoma — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Spanish: locote — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Spanish: morrón — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Spanish: pimentón — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Spanish: pimiento morrón — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Spanish: ají dulce — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Swedish: paprika — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Tamil: குடைமிளகாய் (kuṭaimiḷakāy) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Tamil: கேப்சிகம் (kēpcikam) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Telugu: సిమ్లా మిర్చి (simlā mirci) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Telugu: బెంగళూరు మిరపకాయ (beṅgaḷūru mirapakāya) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Thai: พริกหวาน — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Thai: พริกหยวก (prík-yùuak) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Turkish: dolma biber — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Turkish: dolmalık biber — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Turkish: biber — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Ukrainian: соло́дкий пе́рець (solódkyj pérecʹ) — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Vietnamese: ớt ngọt — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Vietnamese: ớt chuông — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Walloon: poevron — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Winnebago: sgiixete — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Wolof: kaani-salaat — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Xhosa: itshilisi — spicy-sweet fruit
  • Xhosa: ikhanakhana — spicy-sweet fruit