white pepper

noun

A spice consisting of the light-colored seed of the black pepper fruit without the dark-colored pulp and skin. Used as a spice in light colored foods such as cream sauces.

Similar
peppercommon pepperblack pepperMadagascar pepperPiper nigrum
OriginMiddle English whyte peper →
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Meanings

nounwhite pepper (usually uncountable, plural white peppers)

plural white peppers

  1. uncountableusuallyA spice consisting of the light-colored seed of the black pepper fruit without the dark-colored pulp and skin. Used as a spice in light colored foods such as cream sauces.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounclimber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam

Similar
peppercommon pepperblack pepperMadagascar pepperPiper nigrum
Broader
true pepperpepper vine
Also see
black pepperpepper

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishwhyte peper
  2. Englishwhite pepper

From Middle English whyte peper, equivalent to white + pepper.

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Translations

Catalan pebre blanc
  • pebre blanclight-colored seed of pepper
Chinese Mandarin 白胡椒
  • 白胡椒 (báihújiāo)light-colored seed of pepper
Dutch witte peper
  • witte peperlight-colored seed of pepper
Finnish valkopippuri
  • valkopippurilight-colored seed of pepper
French poivre blanc
  • poivre blanclight-colored seed of pepper
German weißer Pfeffer
  • weißer Pfefferlight-colored seed of pepper
Hindi दक्षिणी मिर्च
  • दक्षिणी मिर्च (dakṣiṇī mirc)light-colored seed of pepper
Icelandic hvítur pipar
  • hvítur piparlight-colored seed of pepper
Japanese 白胡椒
  • 白胡椒 (shirokoshō)light-colored seed of pepper
Korean 백후추
  • 백후추 (baekhuchu)light-colored seed of pepper
Polish pieprz biały
  • pieprz białylight-colored seed of pepper
Portuguese pimenta-branca
  • pimenta-brancalight-colored seed of pepper
Swedish vitpeppar
  • vitpepparlight-colored seed of pepper
Tagalog pamintang puti
  • pamintang putilight-colored seed of pepper
Turkish beyaz biber
  • beyaz biberlight-colored seed of pepper
Yiddish ווײַסער פֿעפֿער
  • ווײַסער פֿעפֿער (vayser fefer)light-colored seed of pepper
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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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