paprika

Other forms of paprika

plural

paprikas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about paprika

What does paprika mean?

paprika means "plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in paprika?

paprika has 3 syllables: pa-pri-ka. The stress falls on "pri". In IPA it is /pæˈpɹikə/.

What is another word for paprika?

Close synonyms include sweet pepper, bell pepper, pimento, pimiento, sweet pepper plant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is paprika a common word?

paprika is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.