spicy

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• /ˈspaɪsi/
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• CMU ARPABET: S P AY1 S IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Italic *spekjō Latin speciō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Late Latin speciēs Old French espicebor. Anglo-Norman specebor. Middle English spice English spic(e) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English spicy From spic(e) + -y. First attested in the 16th century.

242 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُتَبَّل (mutabbal) — containing spice
• Arabic: مُتَبَّل (mutabbal) — containing spice
• Armenian: կծու (kcu) — containing spice
• Azerbaijani: ədviyyatlı — containing spice
• Azerbaijani: ədviyyəli — containing spice
• Belarusian: во́стры (vóstry) — containing spice
• Bhojpuri: मसालेदार (masālēdār) — containing spice
• Bulgarian: подправен (podpraven) — containing spice
• Burmese: စပ် (cap) — containing spice
• Catalan: especiat — containing spice
• Chinese Cantonese: 辣 (laat6) — containing spice
• Chinese: 薟 /莶 (zh-min-nan) — containing spice
• Chinese Mandarin: 辣 (là) — containing spice
• Dutch: gekruid — containing spice
• Dutch: kruidig — containing spice
• Finnish: mausteinen — containing spice
• Finnish: maustettu — containing spice
• French: épicé — containing spice
• Georgian: ცხარე (cxare) — containing spice
• German: würzig — containing spice
• German: gewürzt — containing spice
• German: pikant — containing spice
• Greek: καρυκευμένος (karykevménos) — containing spice
• Greek: πικάντικος (pikántikos) — containing spice
• Hebrew: מתובל (metubál) — containing spice
• Hungarian: fűszeres — containing spice
• Icelandic: sterkur — containing spice
• Icelandic: kryddaður — containing spice
• Italian: speziato — containing spice
• Japanese: 辛い (karai) — containing spice
• Khmer: ហឹរ (haə) — containing spice
• Korean: 맵다 (maepda) — containing spice
• Kyrgyz: ачуу (acuu) — containing spice
• Kyrgyz: өткүр (ötkür) — containing spice
• Lao: ເຜັດ (phet) — containing spice
• Latin: acutus — containing spice
• Lü: ᦵᦕᧆ (ṗhed) — containing spice
• Macedonian: зачинет (začinet) — containing spice
• Malay: berempah — containing spice
• Māori: puhahana — containing spice
• Iranian Persian: تُنْد (tond) — containing spice
• Polish: pikantny — containing spice
• Portuguese: temperado — containing spice
• Portuguese: condimentado — containing spice
• Romanian: condimentat — containing spice
• Romanian: asezonat — containing spice
• Russian: пря́ный (prjányj) — containing spice
• Russian: о́стрый (óstryj) — containing spice
• Scottish Gaelic: spìosrach — containing spice
• Sicilian: ardenti — containing spice
• Spanish: condimentado — containing spice
• Spanish: aliñado — containing spice
• Spanish: picante — containing spice
• Spanish: sazonado — containing spice
• Spanish: aromático — containing spice
• Swedish: kryddig — containing spice
• Swedish: kryddstark — containing spice
• Tangut: 𘟋 — containing spice
• Thai: เผ็ด (pèt) — containing spice
• Turkish: baharatlı — containing spice
• Turkish: baharlı — containing spice
• Tutong: pelos — containing spice
• Ukrainian: пря́ний (prjányj) — containing spice
• Ukrainian: го́стрий (hóstryj) — containing spice
• Vietnamese: có gia vị — containing spice
• Welsh: sbeisiog — containing spice
• Welsh: sbeislyd — containing spice
• Yiddish: בשׂמימדיק (besomemdik) — containing spice
• Zazaki: tun (diq) — containing spice
• Zyphe: hei — containing spice
• Arabic: حَار (ḥār) — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Arabic: حَرَّاق (ḥarrāʔ) — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Arabic: سبايسي (sbāysi. spāysi) — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Arabic: حَرَّاق (ḥarrāg) — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Arabic: حار (ḥār) — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Arabic: حار (ḥārr) — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Arabic: حار (ḥārr) — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Arabic: حار (ḥārr) — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Arabic: بيحْرِق (béḥreg) — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Arabic: حَرَّاق (ḥarrāg) — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Tunisian Arabic: حار (ḥārr) — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Armenian: կծու (kcu) — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Azerbaijani: tünd — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Bulgarian: пика́нтен (pikánten) — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Catalan: picant — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Chinese Mandarin: 辣 (là) — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Czech: ostrý — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Dutch: scherp — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Dutch: pikant — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Finnish: tulinen — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• German: scharf — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Hebrew: חריף (kharíf) — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Hungarian: csípős — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Icelandic: sterkur — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Indonesian: pedas — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Irish: te — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Italian: piccante — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Japanese: 辛い (karai) — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Malay: pedas — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Northern Mansi: пе̄лп (pēlp) — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Māori: kakā — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Māori: puhahana — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Polish: ostry — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Portuguese: picante — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Romanian: iute — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Russian: о́стрый (óstryj) — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Scottish Gaelic: spìosrach — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Sicilian: ardenti — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Spanish: picante — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Spanish: picoso — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Spanish: alampante — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Tagalog: maanghang — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Vietnamese: cay — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Welsh: sbeislyd — providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices
• Albanian: pikant — tangy or pungent
• Arabic: حِرِّيف (ḥirrīf) — tangy or pungent
• Arabic: حَارّ (ḥārr) — tangy or pungent
• Arabic: مُتَبَّل (mutabbal) — tangy or pungent
• Armenian: կծու (kcu) — tangy or pungent
• Azerbaijani: ədviyyəli — tangy or pungent
• Belarusian: во́стры (vóstry) — tangy or pungent
• Bengali: মশলাদার (mosladar) — tangy or pungent
• Bulgarian: лют (ljut) — tangy or pungent
• Burmese: စပ် (cap) — tangy or pungent
• Burmese: မာလာ (mala) — tangy or pungent
• Catalan: picant — tangy or pungent
• Chamicuro: chawa — tangy or pungent
• Chinese Cantonese: 辣 (laat6) — tangy or pungent
• Chinese Cantonese: 辛辣 (san1 laat6) — tangy or pungent
• Chinese Mandarin: 辣 (là) — tangy or pungent
• Chinese Mandarin: 辛辣 (xīnlà) — tangy or pungent
• Czech: ostrý — tangy or pungent
• Czech: pikantní — tangy or pungent
• Danish: pikant — tangy or pungent
• Danish: stærk — tangy or pungent
• Danish: krydret — tangy or pungent
• Dutch: pikant — tangy or pungent
• Dutch: pittig — tangy or pungent
• Estonian: pikantne — tangy or pungent
• Estonian: vürtsikas — tangy or pungent
• Finnish: pistävä — tangy or pungent
• French: épicé — tangy or pungent
• French: piquant — tangy or pungent
• French: pimenté — tangy or pungent
• Georgian: ცხარე (cxare) — tangy or pungent
• German: scharf — tangy or pungent
• German: würzig — tangy or pungent
• German: pikant — tangy or pungent
• Greek: αψύς (apsýs) — tangy or pungent
• Hebrew: חָרִיף (kharíf) — tangy or pungent
• Hindi: मसालेदार (masāledār) — tangy or pungent
• Hindi: तीखा (tīkhā) — tangy or pungent
• Hungarian: fűszeres — tangy or pungent
• Icelandic: sterkur — tangy or pungent
• Indonesian: pedas — tangy or pungent
• Irish: láidir — tangy or pungent
• Italian: piccante — tangy or pungent
• Japanese: 辛い (karai) — tangy or pungent
• Japanese: スパイシー (supaishī) — tangy or pungent
• Kazakh: ащы (aşy) — tangy or pungent
• Khmer: ហឹរ (haə) — tangy or pungent
• Korean: 맵다 (maepda) — tangy or pungent
• Kyrgyz: ачуу (acuu) — tangy or pungent
• Lao: ເຜັດ (phet) — tangy or pungent
• Latvian: ass — tangy or pungent
• Lithuanian: aštrus — tangy or pungent
• Lü: ᦵᦕᧆ (ṗhed) — tangy or pungent
• Macedonian: лут (lut) — tangy or pungent
• Macedonian: пика́нтен (pikánten) — tangy or pungent
• Malay: pedas — tangy or pungent
• Māori: pūhahana — tangy or pungent
• Mongolian: халуун (xaluun) — tangy or pungent
• Norwegian Bokmål: pikant — tangy or pungent
• Norwegian Bokmål: sterk — tangy or pungent
• Norwegian Bokmål: krydret — tangy or pungent
• Iranian Persian: تُنْد (tond) — tangy or pungent
• Polish: ostry — tangy or pungent
• Polish: pikantny — tangy or pungent
• Portuguese: apimentado — tangy or pungent
• Portuguese: picante — tangy or pungent
• Quechua: haya — tangy or pungent
• Quechua: jaya — tangy or pungent
• Romanian: picant — tangy or pungent
• Russian: о́стрый (óstryj) — tangy or pungent
• Russian: пря́ный (prjányj) — tangy or pungent
• Serbo-Croatian: љут — tangy or pungent
• Serbo-Croatian: ljut — tangy or pungent
• Slovak: ostrý — tangy or pungent
• Slovak: pikantný — tangy or pungent
• Slovene: pekoč — tangy or pungent
• Slovene: pikanten — tangy or pungent
• Slovene: začinjen — tangy or pungent
• Spanish: picante — tangy or pungent
• Swedish: skarp — tangy or pungent
• Swedish: stark — tangy or pungent
• Swedish: pikant — tangy or pungent
• Swedish: kryddig — tangy or pungent
• Swedish: kryddstark — tangy or pungent
• Tagalog: maanghang — tangy or pungent
• Tajik: тунд (tund) — tangy or pungent
• Thai: เผ็ด (pèt) — tangy or pungent
• Tibetan: ཁ་ཚ་པོ (kha tsha po) — tangy or pungent
• Turkish: çeşnili — tangy or pungent
• Turkish: baharatlı — tangy or pungent
• Turkish: acı — tangy or pungent
• Ukrainian: го́стрий (hóstryj) — tangy or pungent
• Ukrainian: пря́ний (prjányj) — tangy or pungent
• Urdu: مَسالے دار (masāle dār) — tangy or pungent
• Urdu: تِیکھا (tīkhā) — tangy or pungent
• Urdu: تیز (tez) — tangy or pungent
• Uyghur: ئاچچىق (achchiq) — tangy or pungent
• Uzbek: achchiq — tangy or pungent
• Uzbek: oʻtkir — tangy or pungent
• Vietnamese: cay — tangy or pungent
• Welsh: sbeislyd — tangy or pungent
• Zhuang: manh — tangy or pungent
• Bulgarian: парлив (parliv) — vigorous, colorful
• Bulgarian: пиперлив (piperliv) — vigorous, colorful
• Finnish: pisteliäs — vigorous, colorful
• Greek: ζωηρός (zoïrós) — vigorous, colorful
• Hungarian: borsos — vigorous, colorful
• Hungarian: zamatos — vigorous, colorful
• Japanese: 辛口の (karakuchi no) — vigorous, colorful
• Japanese: とげのある (toge no aru) — vigorous, colorful
• Russian: энерги́чный (energíčnyj) — vigorous, colorful
• Russian: живо́й (živój) — vigorous, colorful
• Bulgarian: пика́нтен (pikánten) — racy
• Dutch: pikant — racy
• Finnish: pornahtava — racy
• German: pikant — racy
• Greek: τολμηρός (tolmirós) — racy
• Greek: καυτός (kaftós) — racy
• Hungarian: pikáns — racy
• Japanese: 刺激的な (shigekiteki na) — racy
• Macedonian: пика́нтен (pikánten) — racy
• Malay: gatal — racy
• Polish: pikantny — racy
• Romanian: picant — racy
• Russian: пика́нтный (pikántnyj) — racy
• Russian: неприли́чный (neprilíčnyj) — racy
• Sicilian: pizzulenti — racy
• Sicilian: mprisiusu — racy