Noun: paprika
| Singular | paprika |
| Plural | paprikas |
Sample Sentences
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As a condiment in food, paprika is reputed to be strongly aphrodisiac. [1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 56:]
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California is taking the lead, producing a paprika that is more standardized and more uniformly available than the European growers offer. [1995, Jean Andrews, Peppers: The Domesticated Capsicums, →ISBN, page 73:]
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Using the trio of paprikas gives more flavour than you'd get using a single paprika. [2011, Heidi Swan, Super Natural Evey Day, →ISBN:]
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strings of red paprikas hang outside to dry in the autumn [2003, Jonathan Bousfield, Rough Guide to Croatia, →ISBN, page 123:]
Nouns inflected like paprika
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
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. See: Hungarian Nouns '
paprika', Latin Nouns '
piper', Ancient Greek Nouns '
πέπερι'.
Verbs referencing "paprika"
Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
paprika.