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capsicum

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

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  • /ˈkæpsɪkəm/
  • [ˈkhæpsɪkhəm]
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of various tropical American plants, of the genus Capsicum, principally the species Capsicum annuum and Capsicum frutescens, that are cultivated as edible peppers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pepper

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any of various tropical American plants, of the genus Capsicum, principally the species Capsicum annuum and Capsicum frutescens, that are cultivated as edible peppers.

The non-spicy fruit of the above plants, such as the bell pepper.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, India, New-Zealand, Singapore

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pepper, sweet pepper

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: genus Capsicum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: asterid dicot genus

4

noun

Meaning 4

any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pepper, capsicum pepper plant

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shrub, bush

Narrower terms: cone pepper, Capsicum annuum conoides, cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, chilli pepper, long pepper, jalapeno, Capsicum annuum longum, sweet pepper, bell pepper, pimento, pimiento, paprika, sweet pepper plant, Capsicum annuum grossum, cherry pepper, Capsicum annuum cerasiforme, bird pepper, Capsicum frutescens baccatum, Capsicum baccatum, tabasco pepper, hot pepper, tabasco plant, Capsicum frutescens

History

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin capsicum, from Ancient Greek καψικός (kapsikós, “like a box”), from Latin capsa (“box”).

Across languages

Translations

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نَبَات فُلْفُل (nabāt fulful) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Arabic: فُلَيْفِلَة (fulayfila) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Armenian: տաքդեղ (takʻdeġ) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Azerbaijani: bibər — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Belarusian: пе́рац (pjérac) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Belarusian: па́прыка (pápryka) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Belarusian: струко́вы пе́рац (strukóvy pjérac) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Bulgarian: чу́шка (čúška) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Bulgarian: пипе́р (pipér) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 菜椒 (càijiāo) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 燈籠椒 /灯笼椒 (dēnglongjiāo) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 柿子椒 (shìzijiāo) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 甜椒 (tiánjiāo) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Czech: paprika — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Danish: paprika — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Dutch: capsicum — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Esperanto: kapsiko — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Estonian: paprika — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Estonian: punapipar — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Finnish: paprika — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • French: piment doux — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • French: piment — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Georgian: წიწაკა (c̣ic̣aḳa) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • German: Capsicum — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • German: Paprika — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Greek: πιπεριά (piperiá) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Hebrew: פִּלְפֶּלֶת (pilpélet) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Hindi: शिमला मिर्च (śimlā mirc) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Hindi: पहाड़ीमिर्च (pahāṛīmirc) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Hungarian: paprika — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Indonesian: kapsikum — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Japanese: ピーマン (pīman) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Japanese: 唐辛子 (tōgarashi) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Japanese: 蕃椒 (banshō) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Khmer: ម្ទេស (mteeh) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Korean: 피망 (pimang) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Korean: 고추 (gochu) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Lao: ຫມາກເຜັດໃຫຍ່ (māk phet h) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Lao: ພິກ (phik) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Lao: ເຜັດ (phet) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Latvian: paprika — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Lithuanian: paprika — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Macedonian: бабура (babura) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Malay: kapsikum — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Malayalam: മുളക് (muḷakŭ) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Manx: lus yn phibbyr yiarg — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Māori: rapikama — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Navajo: azeedíchʼííʼ — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: paprika — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Iranian Persian: فِلْفِل (felfel) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Polish: papryka — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Portuguese: cápsico — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Romanian: ardei — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Russian: стручко́вый пе́рец (stručkóvyj pérec) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Russian: пе́рец (pérec) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Russian: сла́дкий пе́рец (sládkij pérec) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Russian: болга́рский пе́рец (bolgárskij pérec) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Russian: па́прика (páprika) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Russian: ка́псикум (kápsikum) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Serbo-Croatian: па̀прика — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Serbo-Croatian: pàprika — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Slovak: paprika — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Slovene: paprika — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Spanish: pimiento — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Swedish: paprika — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Thai: ชี้ฟ้า (chíi-fáa) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Thai: พริกหยวก (prík-yùuak) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Tibetan: སུར་པན — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Turkish: biber — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Ukrainian: стручко́вий пе́рець (stručkóvyj pérecʹ) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Ukrainian: па́прика (pápryka) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Urdu: شِمْلَہ مِرْچ (śimla mirc) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Uyghur: مۇچ (much) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Uyghur: كۆكمۇچ (kökmuch) — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Uzbek: qalampir — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Vietnamese: cây ớt — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Vietnamese: chi ớt — plant of the genus Capsicum (only terms covering capsicum in general apply, NOT species-specific)
  • Danish: peberfrugt — bell pepper
  • Malay: lada benggala — bell pepper
  • Polish: papryka — bell pepper
  • Polish: papryka roczna — bell pepper
  • Tamil: கேப்சிகம் (kēpcikam) — bell pepper
  • Tamil: குடமிளகாய் (kuṭamiḷakāy) — bell pepper