Phrase guide

green pepper

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The green, unripe, form of the sweet bell pepper.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A green variety of dried peppercorn, made from the unripe berries by treating them in a manner that retains the green color.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

a sweet pepper that becomes red when ripe

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: sweet pepper

History

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Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: կանաչ պղպեղ (kanačʻ pġpeġ) — green sweet bell pepper
  • Chinese Cantonese: 青椒 (ceng1 ziu1) — green sweet bell pepper
  • Chinese Mandarin: 青椒 (qīngjiāo) — green sweet bell pepper
  • Danish: grøn peberfrugt — green sweet bell pepper
  • Finnish: paprika — green sweet bell pepper
  • French: poivre vert — green sweet bell pepper
  • German: grüne Paprika — green sweet bell pepper
  • Hungarian: zöldpaprika — green sweet bell pepper
  • Irish: piobar glas — green sweet bell pepper
  • Japanese: 獅子唐 (shishitō) — green sweet bell pepper
  • Japanese: ピーマン (pīman) — green sweet bell pepper
  • Central Kurdish: بیبەر (bîber) — green sweet bell pepper
  • Lao: ຫມາກເຜັດດິບ (māk phet dip) — green sweet bell pepper
  • Lü: ᦘᦲᧅᦵᦃᧁ (phiikẋew) — green sweet bell pepper
  • Māori: kīkini — green sweet bell pepper
  • Māori: rapikama — green sweet bell pepper
  • Marathi: हिरवी शिमला मिरची (hirvī śimlā mircī) — green sweet bell pepper
  • Persian: فلفل دلمهای (felfel dolme-i) — green sweet bell pepper
  • Polish: zielona papryka — green sweet bell pepper
  • Portuguese: pimentão verde — green sweet bell pepper
  • Romanian: ardei verde — green sweet bell pepper
  • Russian: зелёный пе́рец (zeljónyj pérec) — green sweet bell pepper
  • Slovene: zelena paprika — green sweet bell pepper
  • Swedish: grön paprika — green sweet bell pepper
  • Vietnamese: ớt xanh — green sweet bell pepper
  • Chinese Mandarin: 青胡椒 — green peppercorn
  • Danish: madagaskarpeber — green peppercorn
  • Danish: grøn peber — green peppercorn
  • Dutch: groene peper — green peppercorn
  • Faroese: grønt pipar — green peppercorn
  • Finnish: viherpippuri — green peppercorn
  • German: grüner Pfeffer — green peppercorn
  • Polish: pieprz zielony — green peppercorn
  • Portuguese: pimenta verde — green peppercorn
  • Romanian: piper verde — green peppercorn
  • Russian: зелёный пе́рец (zeljónyj pérec) — green peppercorn
  • Slovene: zeleni poper — green peppercorn
  • Swedish: grönpeppar — green peppercorn
  • Turkish: yeşil biber — green peppercorn