Capsicum — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers

chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæpsɪkəm/

🇬🇧British English

/ɐpˈɒsɪntʃˌɒnaɪn/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɐpˈɒsɪntʃˌɒnaɪn/

3 syllables Say it as /kˈæpsɪkəm/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

genus Capsicum capsicum pepper plant pepper

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Paprika

eine von verschiedenen tropischen Pflanzen der Gattung Capsicum, die Paprika tragen

🇫🇷French

poivron

l'une des diverses plantes tropicales du genre Capsicum portant des poivrons

🇪🇸Spanish

pimiento

cualquiera de las diversas plantas tropicales del género Capsicum que producen pimientos

🇮🇹Italian

capsico

una qualsiasi delle varie piante tropicali del genere Capsicum che portano peperoni

🇳🇱Dutch

paprika

een van de verschillende tropische planten van het geslacht Capsicum met paprika

🇵🇹Portuguese

pimentão

qualquer uma das várias plantas tropicais do gênero Capsicum com pimentas

🇷🇺Russian

стручковый перец

любое из различных тропических растений рода Capsicum, несущих перец.

India

🇮🇳Hindi

शिमला मिर्च

शिमला मिर्च वाले जीनस कैप्सिकम के विभिन्न उष्णकटिबंधीय पौधों में से कोई भी

🇧🇩Bengali

ক্যাপসিকাম

ক্যাপসিকাম প্রজাতির বিভিন্ন গ্রীষ্মমন্ডলীয় উদ্ভিদের যে কোনো একটি

🇮🇳Tamil

கேப்சிகம்

கேப்சிகம் தாங்கும் மிளகுத்தூள் வகையைச் சேர்ந்த பல்வேறு வெப்பமண்டல தாவரங்கள்

🇮🇳Telugu

క్యాప్సికమ్

క్యాప్సికమ్ బేరింగ్ మిరియాలు జాతికి చెందిన వివిధ ఉష్ణమండల మొక్కలు

🇮🇳Marathi

शिमला मिरची

कॅप्सिकम वंशातील विविध उष्णकटिबंधीय वनस्पतींपैकी कोणतीही मिरपूड

🇮🇳Gujarati

કેપ્સીકમ

કેપ્સિકમ જીનસના વિવિધ ઉષ્ણકટિબંધીય છોડમાંથી કોઈપણ મરી ધરાવતું હોય છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕ್ಯಾಪ್ಸಿಕಂ

ಕ್ಯಾಪ್ಸಿಕಂ ಬೇರಿಂಗ್ ಮೆಣಸುಗಳ ಕುಲದ ವಿವಿಧ ಉಷ್ಣವಲಯದ ಸಸ್ಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಯಾವುದಾದರೂ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കാപ്സിക്കം

കാപ്സിക്കം ജനുസ്സിൽ പെട്ട വിവിധ ഉഷ്ണമേഖലാ സസ്യങ്ങളിൽ ഏതെങ്കിലും കുരുമുളക് കായ്ക്കുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸ਼ਿਮਲਾ ਮਿਰਚ

ਮਿਰਚਾਂ ਵਾਲੇ ਕੈਪਸਿਕਮ ਜੀਨਸ ਦੇ ਵੱਖ-ਵੱਖ ਗਰਮ ਖੰਡੀ ਪੌਦਿਆਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਕੋਈ ਵੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

شملہ مرچ

کیپسیکم کی نسل کے مختلف اشنکٹبندیی پودوں میں سے کوئی بھی کالی مرچ والے

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

辣椒

辣椒属的各种热带植物中的任何一种，结有辣椒

🇯🇵Japanese

トウガラシ

ピーマンを実らせるトウガラシ属のさまざまな熱帯植物の総称

🇰🇷Korean

고추

고추를 품고 있는 고추속(Capsicum) 속의 다양한 열대 식물 중 하나

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ớt

bất kỳ loại cây nhiệt đới nào thuộc chi Capsicum mang ớt

🇹🇭Thai

พริกชี้ฟ้า

พืชเมืองร้อนหลายชนิดในสกุล Capsicum ที่มีพริก

🇮🇩Indonesian

cabai

salah satu dari berbagai tanaman tropis dari genus Capsicum yang mengandung paprika

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

فليفلة

أي من النباتات الاستوائية المختلفة من جنس الفليفلة التي تحمل الفلفل

🇮🇷Persian

فلفل دلمه ای

هر یک از گیاهان استوایی مختلف از جنس فلفل فلفل دار فلفل دلمه ای

🇹🇷Turkish

kırmızı biber

Capsicum cinsinin biber taşıyan çeşitli tropikal bitkilerinden herhangi biri

🇮🇱Hebrew

פלפל

כל אחד מצמחים טרופיים שונים מהסוג Capsicum הנושאים פלפלים

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