Phrase guide

chili pepper

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

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  • /ˈtʃɪli ˈpɛpə(ɹ)/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any fruit of a plant of the botanical genus Capsicum, which contains capsaicin and typically has a spicy or burning flavor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chili, chilli, chilly, chile

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hot pepper

Narrower terms: jalapeno, jalapeno pepper, cayenne, cayenne pepper

3

noun

Meaning 3

plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cayenne, cayenne pepper, chilli pepper, long pepper, jalapeno, Capsicum annuum longum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: capsicum, pepper, capsicum pepper plant

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: rissie — fruit
  • Afrikaans: brandrissie — fruit
  • Arabic: شَطَّة (šaṭṭa) — fruit
  • Armenian: չիլի պղպեղ (čʻili pġpeġ) — fruit
  • Armenian: չիլի (čʻili) — fruit
  • Assamese: জলকীয়া (zolokia) — fruit
  • Assamese: মৰিচ (moris) — fruit
  • Assamese: ভূঁই-জালুক (bhũi-zaluk) — fruit
  • Belarusian: чырво́ны пе́рац (čyrvóny pjérac) — fruit
  • Bengali: মরিচ (moric) — fruit
  • Central Bikol: sili — fruit
  • Central Bikol: lada — fruit
  • Bulgarian: лю́та чу́шка (ljúta čúška) — fruit
  • Burmese: ငရုတ် (nga.rut) — fruit
  • Catalan: bitxo — fruit
  • Chinese Cantonese: 辣椒 (laat6 ziu1) — fruit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 辣椒 (làjiāo) — fruit
  • Czech: chilli paprička — fruit
  • Dutch: chilipeper — fruit
  • Dzongkha: ཨེ་མ (e ma) — fruit
  • Esperanto: kapsiko — fruit
  • Esperanto: kapsiketo — fruit
  • Fijian: boro gaga — fruit
  • Finnish: chilipippuri — fruit
  • French: piment — fruit
  • Georgian: წიწაკა (c̣ic̣aḳa) — fruit
  • Georgian: წითელი წიწაკა (c̣iteli c̣ic̣aḳa) — fruit
  • German: Chili — fruit
  • German: Peperoni — fruit
  • German: Peperoncino — fruit
  • German: Pfefferoni — fruit
  • Greek: πιπεριά καυτερί (piperiá kafterí) — fruit
  • Hausa: barkono — fruit
  • Hawaiian: nīoi — fruit
  • Hebrew: פִּלְפֵּל חָרִיף (pilpel ḥaríf) — fruit
  • Hiligaynon: katumbal — fruit
  • Hindi: मिर्च (mirc) — fruit
  • Hungarian: csilipaprika — fruit
  • Icelandic: eldpipar — fruit
  • Indonesian: cabai — fruit
  • Indonesian: cabe — fruit
  • Italian: peperoncino — fruit
  • Japanese: 唐辛子 (tōgarashi) — fruit
  • Japanese: 蕃椒 (banshō) — fruit
  • Kazakh: қызыл бұрыш (qyzyl būryş) — fruit
  • Khmer: ម្ទេស (mteih) — fruit
  • Korean: 고추 (gochu) — fruit
  • Korean: 칠리 (chilli) — fruit
  • Lao: ຫມາກເຜັດຂີ້ຫນູ (māk phet khī nū) — fruit
  • Lao: ຫມາກເຜັດ (māk phet) — fruit
  • : ᦖᦱᧅᦘᦲᧅ (ṁaakphiik) — fruit
  • Macedonian: чили пиперка (čili piperka) — fruit
  • Malay: cabai — fruit
  • Malay: cili — fruit
  • Malay: lada — fruit
  • Malayalam: മുളക് (muḷakŭ) — fruit
  • Marathi: मिरची (mircī) — fruit
  • Mingrelian: ზაფანა (zapana) — fruit
  • Mingrelian: ზარფანა (zarpana) — fruit
  • Mongolian: улаан чинжүү (ulaan činžüü) — fruit
  • Navajo: azeedíchʼííʼ — fruit
  • Norwegian Bokmål: chilipepper — fruit
  • Norwegian Bokmål: chili — fruit
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: chilipepar — fruit
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: chili — fruit
  • Pela: tʃhɔ̃31 phjak55 — fruit
  • Pohnpeian: sele — fruit
  • Polish: papryka chili — fruit
  • Portuguese: chili — fruit
  • Portuguese: malagueta — fruit
  • Réunion Creole French: piman — fruit
  • Romanian: ardei iute — fruit
  • Romanian: ciușcă — fruit
  • Russian: кра́сный пе́рец (krásnyj pérec) — fruit
  • Russian: го́рький пе́рец (górʹkij pérec) — fruit
  • Russian: пе́рец чи́ли (pérec číli) — fruit
  • Spanish: chile — fruit
  • Spanish: ají — fruit
  • Spanish: locote — fruit
  • Svan: ძაფანა̈ჲ (ʒapanäy) — fruit
  • Swedish: chilipeppar — fruit
  • Sylheti: ꠝꠞꠤꠌ (moris) — fruit
  • Tahitian: ʻōporo — fruit
  • Tamil: மிளகாய் (miḷakāy) — fruit
  • Thai: พริกขี้หนู (prík-kîi-nǔu) — fruit
  • Thai: พริก (prík) — fruit
  • Turkish: acı biber — fruit
  • Ukrainian: черво́ний пе́рець (červónyj pérecʹ) — fruit
  • Ukrainian: пе́рець чи́лі (pérecʹ čýli) — fruit
  • Urdu: مرچ (mirc) — fruit
  • Vietnamese: ớt — fruit