paprika

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a red powdered spice made from dried sweet peppers or chili peppers

   She seasoned the stew with smoked paprika.

2. 2
   noun

   a bright reddish-orange color resembling the ground spice

   The cushions added a warm paprika tone to the room.

Borrowed from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian pàprika, from pȁpar, from Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”), from Indo-Aryan; compare Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”). Akin to paprikash.

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