Meanings
cayenne pepper1
plural cayenne peppers · alternative Cayenne pepper
Cayenne pepper2
plural Cayenne peppers
- Alternative letter-case form of cayenne pepper
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of several very hot chilli peppers.
More synonyms by meaning
nounplant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red
nounground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Tupiky'ynha“hot pepper”
- Englishcayenne pepper
From Old Tupi ky'ynha (“hot pepper”), later associated with Cayenne.
More words from Old Tupi
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans rooipeper
- rooipeperspice
Bulgarian кайе́нски пипе́р, кайе́нски пипе́р
- кайе́нски пипе́р (kajénski pipér)hot chilli pepper
- кайе́нски пипе́р (kajénski pipér)spice
Catalan caiena, caiena
- caienahot chilli pepper
- caienaspice
Chinese Cantonese 卡宴辣椒, 卡宴辣椒粉
- 卡宴辣椒 (kaa¹ jin³ laat⁶ ziu¹)hot chilli pepper
- 卡宴辣椒粉 (kaa¹ jin³ laat⁶ ziu¹ fan²)spice
Chinese Mandarin 卡宴辣椒, 卡宴辣椒粉
- 卡宴辣椒 (kǎyàn làjiāo)hot chilli pepper
- 卡宴辣椒粉 (kǎyàn làjiāofěn)spice
Esperanto kajena pipro
- kajena piprospice
Finnish cayennepippuri, cayennepippuri
- cayennepippurihot chilli pepper
- cayennepippurispice
French cayenne, poivre de Cayenne
- cayennespice
- poivre de Cayennespice
- piment de Cayennespice
German Cayennepfeffer
- Cayennepfefferspice
Greek πιπέρι καγιέν
- πιπέρι καγιέν (pipéri kagién)spice
Hebrew פלפל קאיין, פלפל קאיין
- פלפל קאייןhot chilli pepper
- פלפל קאייןspice
Irish piobar Chéin, piobar Chéin
- piobar Chéinhot chilli pepper
- piobar Chéinspice
Japanese カイエンペッパー, カイエンヌペッパー
- カイエンペッパー (kaien peppā)hot chilli pepper
- カイエンヌペッパー (kaiennu peppā)hot chilli pepper
- カイエンペッパー (kaien peppā)spice
- カイエンヌペッパー (kaiennu peppā)spice
Polish papryka cayenne, pieprz kajeński
- papryka cayennehot chilli pepper
- pieprz kajeńskispice
Portuguese pimenta-caiena, pimenta-de-caiena
- pimenta-caienahot chilli pepper
- pimenta-de-caienahot chilli pepper
- pimenta-caienaspice
- pimenta-de-caienaspice
Romanian ardei de Cayenne, ardei de Cayenne
- ardei de Cayennehot chilli pepper
- ardei de Cayennespice
Russian кайе́нский пе́рец
- кайе́нский пе́рец (kajjénskij pérec)hot chilli pepper
Spanish pimienta de Cayena, pimienta de Cayena
- pimienta de Cayenahot chilli pepper
- pimienta de Cayenaspice
Swedish cayennepeppar, kajennpeppar
- cayennepepparhot chilli pepper
- kajennpepparhot chilli pepper
- cayennepepparspice
Tagalog kayena, siling labuyo
- kayenahot chilli pepper
- siling labuyohot chilli pepper
- kayenaspice
- siling labuyospice
Thai พริกชี้ฟ้า, พริกชี้ฟ้า
- พริกชี้ฟ้า (chíi-fáa)hot chilli pepper
- พริกชี้ฟ้า (chíi-fáa)spice
Yiddish קאַיענער פֿעפֿער, קאַיענער פֿעפֿער
- קאַיענער פֿעפֿער (kayener fefer)hot chilli pepper
- קאַיענער פֿעפֿער (kayener fefer)spice
Cite this entry
cayenne pepper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cayenne%20pepper
“cayenne pepper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cayenne%20pepper. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cayenne pepper,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cayenne%20pepper.
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