Meanings
nounred pepper (plural red peppers)
plural red peppers
- A red-colored, ripe, bell or sweet pepper. Unripe peppers of this variety are green and edible but not as sweet.
- USSpicy pepper.
Crushed red pepper flakes add zest to pizza.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum
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Translations
Bulgarian черве́н пипе́р
- черве́н пипе́р (červén pipér)red colored pepper
Chinese Cantonese 紅椒 /红椒
- 紅椒 /红椒red colored pepper
Chinese Mandarin 菜椒
- 菜椒 (càijiāo)red colored pepper
Esperanto papriko
- paprikored colored pepper
Estonian punane pipar
- punane piparred colored pepper
Finnish paprika
- paprikared colored pepper
French paprika
- paprikared colored pepper
German Paprika
- Paprikared colored pepper
Hawaiian nīoi
- nīoired colored pepper
Indonesian paprika
- paprikared colored pepper
Irish piobar dearg
- piobar deargred colored pepper
Japanese ピーマン
- ピーマン (pīman)red colored pepper
Korean 피망
- 피망 (pimang)red colored pepper
Polish czerwona papryka
- czerwona paprykared colored pepper
Portuguese pimenta vermelha
- pimenta vermelhared colored pepper
Romanian ardei roșu
- ardei roșured colored pepper
Russian кра́сный пе́рец, па́прика
- кра́сный пе́рец (krásnyj pérec)red colored pepper
- па́прика (páprika)red colored pepper
Swahili pilipili hoho
- pilipili hohored colored pepper
Turkish kırmızı biber
- kırmızı biberred colored pepper
Ukrainian черво́ний пе́рець
- черво́ний пе́рець (červónyj pérecʹ)red colored pepper
Cite this entry
APA
red pepper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20pepper
MLA
“red pepper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20pepper. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “red pepper,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20pepper.
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