Phrase guide

long pepper

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The flowering vine Piper longum in the genus Piper (pepper) of family Piperaceae, cultivated for its characteristically long fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: capsicum, pepper, capsicum pepper plant

3

noun

Meaning 3

slender tropical climber of the eastern Himalayas

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Piper longum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: true pepper, pepper vine

History

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English long peper; by surface analysis, long + pepper.

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: ጥምዝ (ṭəmz) — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Arabic: دَارْفِلْفِل (dārfilfil) — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Arabic: دَار فِلْفِل (dār filfil) — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Azerbaijani: uzun bibər — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Bengali: পিঁপুল (pĩpul) — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Chinese: 蓽拔 /荜拔 (bìbá) — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Czech: pepř dlouhý — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Finnish: pitkäpippuri — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • French: poivrier long — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • French: poivre long — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • German: langer Pfeffer — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • German: Stangenpfeffer — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Greek: μακρύ πιπέρι (makrý pipéri) — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Greek: μακροπίπερο (makropípero) — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Gujarati: પીપર (pīpar) — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Hindi: पिप्पली (pippalī) — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Hungarian: hosszú bors — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Indonesian: cabe jawa — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Indonesian: cabai jawa — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Indonesian: cabe puyung — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Italian: pepe lungo — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Kannada: ಹಿಪ್ಪಲಿ (hippali) — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Malayalam: തിപ്പലി (tippali) — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Middle English: long peper — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Nepali: पिपला (piplā) — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Odia: ପିପ୍ପଳୀ (pippaḷi) — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Persian: فلفل دراز (felfel darâz) — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Persian: دارفلفل (dârfelfel) — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Persian: فلفلمویه (felfelmuye) — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Persian: فلفل بلند (felfel boland) — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Polish: pieprz długi — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Portuguese: pimenta longa — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Russian: дли́нный пе́рец (dlínnyj pérec) — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Russian: пе́рец дли́нный (pérec dlínnyj) — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Sanskrit: पिप्पलि (pippali) — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Slovak: piepor dlhý — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Slovak: dlhé korenie — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Spanish: pimienta longa — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Swedish: långpeppar — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Tamil: திப்பிலி (tippili) — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Tamil: கண்டந்திப்பிலி (kaṇṭantippili) — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Telugu: పిప్పలి (pippali) — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Thai: ดีปลี (dii-bplii) — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Tibetan: པི་པི་ལིང (pi pi ling) — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Turkish: darülfülfül — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Turkish: uzun biber — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Urdu: فلفل دراز (filfil darāz) — Piper longum, or its fruit
  • Vietnamese: tiêu lóp — Piper longum, or its fruit