Meanings
nounpeppermint (countable and uncountable, plural peppermints)
plural peppermints
- AustraliacountableuncountableAny of various eucalypts of southeastern Australia whose leaves yield peppermint-like essential oils.First known use 18th c.
In the hissing flames, Greenhill and Travers boiled the bark from peppermint gums and roasted their kangaroo-skin jackets.
2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 76 - countableAny of various sweets containing extract of the peppermint herb; peppermint confectionery.First known use 19th c.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounherb with downy leaves and small purple or white flowers that yields a pungent oil used as a flavoring
Similar
Mentha piperita
Broader
nounred gum tree of Tasmania
Similar
Broader
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic نَعْنَاع فِلْفِلِيّ
- نَعْنَاع فِلْفِلِيّ (naʕnāʕ filfiliyy)herb
Bulgarian мента
- мента (menta)herb
Chinese Mandarin 胡椒薄荷, 薄荷
- 胡椒薄荷 (hújiāo bòhe)herb
- 薄荷 (bòhe)herb
Czech máta peprná
- máta peprnáherb
Danish pebermynte, pebermynte
- pebermynteherb
- pebermynteconfection
Dutch pepermunt, pepermunt
- pepermuntherb
- pepermuntconfection
- pepermuntjeconfection
Esperanto pipromento
- pipromentoherb
Estonian piparmünt
- piparmüntherb
Finnish piparminttu, piparminttukaramelli
- piparminttuherb
- piparminttukaramelliconfection
French menthe poivrée
- menthe poivréeherb
German Pfefferminze, Pfefferminzbonbon
- Pfefferminzeherb
- Pfefferminzbonbonconfection
- Pfefferminzconfection
Greek μέντα
- μέντα (ménta)herb
Hindi पुदीना
- पुदीना (pudīnā)herb
Hungarian borsmenta
- borsmentaherb
Icelandic piparminta, piparminta
- piparmintaherb
- piparmintaconfection
Indonesian pepermin, pepermin
- peperminherb
- peperminconfection
Irish lus an phiobair, miontas piobair
- lus an phiobairherb
- miontas piobairherb
Italian menta piperita, caramella alla menta
- menta piperitaherb
- caramella alla mentaconfection
- mentinaconfection
Japanese ペパーミント, 薄荷
- ペパーミント (pepāminto)herb
- 薄荷 (hakka)herb
- ミント (minto)herb
Korean 페퍼민트, 박하
- 페퍼민트 (pepeominteu)herb
- 박하 (bakha)herb
- 민트 (minteu)herb
Latvian piparmētra
- piparmētraherb
Malay pudina
- pudinaherb
Norwegian Bokmål peppermynte, peppermynte
- peppermynteherb
- peppermynteconfection
Persian پونه
- پونه (pune)herb
Polish mięta pieprzowa, miętówka
- mięta pieprzowaherb
- miętówkaconfection
Portuguese hortelã-pimenta
- hortelã-pimentaherb
Russian пе́речная мя́та, мя́та
- пе́речная мя́та (pérečnaja mjáta)herb
- мя́та (mjáta)herb
Spanish menta piperita, piperita
- menta piperitaherb
- piperitaherb
Swedish pepparmynta
- pepparmyntaherb
Tagalog menta
- mentaherb
Turkish nane, bahçe nanesi
- naneherb
- bahçe nanesiherb
- nane şekericonfection
Urdu پودینا
- پودینا (podīnā)herb
Welsh mintys poeth
- mintys poethherb
Yiddish פֿעפֿערמינץ, ענגלישע מענטע
- פֿעפֿערמינץ (fefermints)herb
- ענגלישע מענטע (englishe mente)herb
Cite this entry
APA
peppermint. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peppermint
MLA
“peppermint.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peppermint. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peppermint,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peppermint.
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