HOW TO PRONOUNCE
paprika
/pəˈpɹiːkə/
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Both first- and second-syllable stress occur.
Puh-PREE-kuh and PAP-ri-kuh have different stress patterns. Listen for both the stressed syllable and its vowel.
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“A pinch of paprika.”
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Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗What does paprika mean?
noun
- Powdered spice made from dried and ground fruits of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper (cultivars of Capsicum annuum), or mixtures of these (used especially in Hungarian cooking).
- A variety of the spice.
- A bright reddish orange colour resembling that of the ground spice.
More meanings (2)
adjective
- Of a bright reddish orange colour, like that of the dried paprika.
noun
- (rare) A dried but not yet ground fruit of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper sold for use as a spice.
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IPA pronunciation
/pəˈpɹiːkə/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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I had for breakfast more paprika, and a sort of porridge of maize flour which they said was “mamaliga,” and egg-plant stuffed with forcemeat, a very excellent dish, which they call “impletata.”