Phrase guide

black pepper

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The plant Piper nigrum.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The dried, unripe berries (peppercorns) of the Piper nigrum plant which are commonly used as a spice and seasoning. They are either used whole, or in a ground or crushed form.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

pepper that is ground from whole peppercorns with husks on

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pepper, peppercorn

4

noun

Meaning 4

climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pepper, common pepper, white pepper, Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: true pepper, pepper vine

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

98 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Swahili: mpilipili manga — plant Piper nigrum
  • Albanian: piper i zi — spice
  • Amharic: ቁንዶ በርበሬ (ḳundo bärbäre) — spice
  • Arabic: فِلْفِل أَسْوَد (filfil ʔaswad) — spice
  • Armenian: սեւ բիբար (sew bibar) — spice
  • Armenian: դարապղպեղ (darapġpeġ) — spice
  • Assamese: জালুক (zaluk) — spice
  • Azerbaijani: qara bibər — spice
  • Basque: piper beltz — spice
  • Belarusian: чо́рны пе́рац (čórny pjérac) — spice
  • Bengali: গোল মরিচ (gōl moric) — spice
  • Bulgarian: че́рен пипе́р (čéren pipér) — spice
  • Catalan: pebre negre — spice
  • Chinese Cantonese: 黑胡椒 (haak1 wu4 ziu1) — spice
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黑胡椒 (hēihújiāo) — spice
  • Czech: pepř černý — spice
  • Danish: sort peber — spice
  • Dhivehi: އަސޭމިރުސް (asēmirus) — spice
  • Dutch: zwarte peper — spice
  • Estonian: must pipar — spice
  • Faroese: svart pipar — spice
  • Finnish: mustapippuri — spice
  • French: poivre noir — spice
  • Galician: pementa negra — spice
  • Georgian: პილპილი (ṗilṗili) — spice
  • German: schwarzer Pfeffer — spice
  • Greek: μαυροπίπερο (mavropípero) — spice
  • Gujarati: મરી (marī) — spice
  • Hausa: màsōrō — spice
  • Hebrew: פִּלְפֵּל שָׁחֹר (pilpél shakhór) — spice
  • Hindi: काली मिर्च (kālī mirc) — spice
  • Hungarian: feketebors — spice
  • Icelandic: svartur pipar — spice
  • Indonesian: lada hitam — spice
  • Irish: piobar dubh — spice
  • Italian: pepe — spice
  • Italian: pepe nero — spice
  • Japanese: 黒コショウ (kurokoshō) — spice
  • Japanese: 黒胡椒 (kurokoshō) — spice
  • Japanese: ブラックペッパー (burakku peppā) — spice
  • Kannada: ಕರಿಮೆಣಸು (karimeṇasu) — spice
  • Kannada: ಮೆಣಸು (meṇasu) — spice
  • Kazakh: қара бұрыш (qara būryş) — spice
  • Khmer: ម្រេច (mrɨc) — spice
  • Kyrgyz: мурч (murc) — spice
  • Lao: ພິກໄທ (phik thai) — spice
  • Latin: piper nigrum — spice
  • Latvian: melnais piparkrūms — spice
  • Lithuanian: juodasis pipiras — spice
  • : ᦘᦲᧅᦓᦾᧉ (phiiknoay2) — spice
  • Macedonian: црн пипер (crn piper) — spice
  • Malay: lada hitam — spice
  • Malay: lada benar (Kelantan) — spice
  • Brunei Malay: lada itam — spice
  • Maltese: bżar — spice
  • Maltese: bżar iswed — spice
  • Manx: pibbyr doo — spice
  • Marathi: काळी मिरी (kāḷī mirī) — spice
  • Mongolian: хар перц (xar perc) — spice
  • Navajo: azeedíchʼííʼ łibáhígíí — spice
  • Navajo: azeedíchʼííłbáhí — spice
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svart pepper — spice
  • Nupe: màsoro — spice
  • Dari: مُرْچ (murč) — spice
  • Iranian Persian: فِلْفِلِ سِیاه (felfel-e siyâh) — spice
  • Iranian Persian: فِلْفِل (felfel) — spice
  • Polish: pieprz czarny — spice
  • Polish: pieprz — spice
  • Portuguese: pimenta-do-reino — spice
  • Portuguese: pimenta-preta — spice
  • Portuguese: pimenta-negra — spice
  • Portuguese: pimenta-redonda — spice
  • Punjabi: ਕਾਲ਼ੀ ਮਿਰਚ (kāḷī mirac) — spice
  • Romanian: piper negru — spice
  • Russian: чёрный пе́рец (čórnyj pérec) — spice
  • Serbo-Croatian: црни бибер — spice
  • Serbo-Croatian: crni biber — spice
  • Sindhi: ڪارو مرچ (kāro mircu) — spice
  • Slovak: čierne korenie — spice
  • Slovak: piepor čierny — spice
  • Slovene: črni poper — spice
  • Spanish: pimienta negra — spice
  • Swahili: pilipili manga — spice
  • Swedish: svartpeppar — spice
  • Tagalog: pamintang itim — spice
  • Tajik: мурч (murč) — spice
  • Tajik: мурчи сиёҳ (murč-i siyoh) — spice
  • Telugu: మిరియము (miriyamu) — spice
  • Thai: พริกไทยดํา (prík-tai-dam) — spice
  • Turkish: karabiber — spice
  • Ukrainian: чо́рний пе́рець (čórnyj pérecʹ) — spice
  • Urdu: کالی مِرْچ (kālī mirc) — spice
  • Uyghur: قارامۇچ (qaramuch) — spice
  • Uzbek: murch — spice
  • Vietnamese: hạt tiêu — spice
  • Vietnamese: hồ tiêu — spice
  • Vietnamese: tiêu ăn — spice
  • Yiddish: שוואַרצער פֿעפֿער (shvartser fefer) — spice