bell pepper

bell·pep·per
/ˌbɛl ˈpɛpɚ/[ˌbɛɫ ˈpʰɛpɚ]

noun

Any of several bell-shaped varieties of Capsicum annuum, an edible, sweet, generally mild (not spicy) fruit, originating in the New World.

“Near-synonyms: (UK) sweet pepper, (Australia, India) capsicum”

Similar
sweet peppercapsicumpimentopimientopaprikasweet pepper plantCapsicum annuum grossum
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Meanings

nounbell pepper (countable and uncountable, plural bell peppers)

plural bell peppers

  1. CanadaPhilippinesUScountableuncountableAny of several bell-shaped varieties of Capsicum annuum, an edible, sweet, generally mild (not spicy) fruit, originating in the New World.

    Near-synonyms: (UK) sweet pepper, (Australia, India) capsicum

    Synonyms: sweet pepper, capsicum

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny of several bell-shaped varieties of Capsicum annuum, an edible, sweet, generally mild (not spicy) fruit, originating in the New World.

Similar
sweet peppercapsicum

More synonyms by meaning

nounplant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers

Similar
sweet pepperpimentopimientopaprikasweet pepper plantCapsicum annuum grossum
Broader
capsicumpeppercapsicum pepper plant
Also see
paprikapimentopimientosweet pepper

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From the bell-like shape.

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Translations

Afrikaans soetrissie
  • soetrissiespicy-sweet fruit
Arabic فِلْفِل حُلْو, فِلْفِل رُومِيّ
  • فِلْفِل حُلْو (filfil ḥulw)spicy-sweet fruit
  • فِلْفِل رُومِيّ (filfil rūmiyy)spicy-sweet fruit
  • فُلَيْفِلَة (fulayfila)spicy-sweet fruit
Bulgarian чу́шка
  • чу́шка (čúška)spicy-sweet fruit
Catalan pebrot
  • pebrotspicy-sweet fruit
Chinese Mandarin 菜椒, 甜椒
  • 菜椒 (càijiāo)spicy-sweet fruit
  • 甜椒 (tiánjiāo)spicy-sweet fruit
  • 燈籠椒 /灯笼椒 (dēnglongjiāo)spicy-sweet fruit
Czech paprika
  • paprikaspicy-sweet fruit
Danish peberfrugt, peber
  • peberfrugtspicy-sweet fruit
  • peberspicy-sweet fruit
  • paprikaspicy-sweet fruit
Dutch paprika, Spaanse peper
  • paprikaspicy-sweet fruit
  • Spaanse peperspicy-sweet fruit
Esperanto kapsiko, kapsikofrukto
  • kapsikospicy-sweet fruit
  • kapsikofruktospicy-sweet fruit
Finnish paprika
  • paprikaspicy-sweet fruit
French poivron
  • poivronspicy-sweet fruit
German Paprika, Gemüsepaprika
  • Paprikaspicy-sweet fruit
  • Gemüsepaprikaspicy-sweet fruit
  • Paprikaschotespicy-sweet fruit
Greek πιπεριά
  • πιπεριά (piperiá)spicy-sweet fruit
Hawaiian nīoi pūhaʻuhaʻu
  • nīoi pūhaʻuhaʻuspicy-sweet fruit
Hebrew גַּמְבָּה
  • גַּמְבָּה (gámba)spicy-sweet fruit
Hungarian kaliforniai paprika, bell paprika
  • kaliforniai paprikaspicy-sweet fruit
  • bell paprikaspicy-sweet fruit
Icelandic paprika
  • paprikaspicy-sweet fruit
Indonesian paprika
  • paprikaspicy-sweet fruit
Italian peperone
  • peperonespicy-sweet fruit
Japanese ピーマン, パプリカ
  • ピーマン (pīman)spicy-sweet fruit
  • パプリカ (papurika)spicy-sweet fruit
Korean 피망, 사자고추
  • 피망 (pimang)spicy-sweet fruit
  • 사자고추 (sajagochu)spicy-sweet fruit
Latin capsicum
  • capsicumspicy-sweet fruit
Latvian paprika, saldais pipars
  • paprikaspicy-sweet fruit
  • saldais piparsspicy-sweet fruit
Lithuanian paprika
  • paprikaspicy-sweet fruit
Malay lada benggala, lada besar
  • lada benggalaspicy-sweet fruit
  • lada besarspicy-sweet fruit
  • lada congcangspicy-sweet fruit
  • cabai selasihspicy-sweet fruit
  • cabai seberangspicy-sweet fruit
  • cabai acungspicy-sweet fruit
Māori kīkini, rapikama
  • kīkinispicy-sweet fruit
  • rapikamaspicy-sweet fruit
Norwegian Bokmål paprika
  • paprikaspicy-sweet fruit
Polish papryka
  • paprykaspicy-sweet fruit
Portuguese pimentão, pimento
  • pimentãospicy-sweet fruit
  • pimentospicy-sweet fruit
Romanian ardei, ardei gras
  • ardeispicy-sweet fruit
  • ardei grasspicy-sweet fruit
  • gogoșarspicy-sweet fruit
Russian сла́дкий пе́рец, болга́рский пе́рец
  • сла́дкий пе́рец (sládkij pérec)spicy-sweet fruit
  • болга́рский пе́рец (bolgárskij pérec)spicy-sweet fruit
  • стручко́вый пе́рец (stručkóvyj pérec)spicy-sweet fruit
  • пе́рец (pérec)spicy-sweet fruit
  • па́прика (páprika)spicy-sweet fruit
  • ка́псикум (kápsikum)spicy-sweet fruit
Slovak paprika
  • paprikaspicy-sweet fruit
Spanish pimiento, chile dulce
  • pimientospicy-sweet fruit
  • chile dulcespicy-sweet fruit
  • chile morrónspicy-sweet fruit
  • chile pimientospicy-sweet fruit
  • chiltomaspicy-sweet fruit
  • locotespicy-sweet fruit
  • morrónspicy-sweet fruit
  • pimentónspicy-sweet fruit
  • pimiento morrónspicy-sweet fruit
  • ají dulcespicy-sweet fruit
Swedish paprika
  • paprikaspicy-sweet fruit
Tamil குடைமிளகாய், கேப்சிகம்
  • குடைமிளகாய் (kuṭaimiḷakāy)spicy-sweet fruit
  • கேப்சிகம் (kēpcikam)spicy-sweet fruit
Thai พริกหวาน, พริกหยวก
  • พริกหวานspicy-sweet fruit
  • พริกหยวก (prík-yùuak)spicy-sweet fruit
Turkish dolma biber, dolmalık biber
  • dolma biberspicy-sweet fruit
  • dolmalık biberspicy-sweet fruit
  • biberspicy-sweet fruit
Ukrainian соло́дкий пе́рець
  • соло́дкий пе́рець (solódkyj pérecʹ)spicy-sweet fruit
Vietnamese ớt ngọt, ớt chuông
  • ớt ngọtspicy-sweet fruit
  • ớt chuôngspicy-sweet fruit
Cite this entry
APA

bell pepper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bell%20pepper

MLA

“bell pepper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bell%20pepper. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bell pepper,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bell%20pepper.

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