different between peppercorn vs pepper

English

Etymology

From Middle English peper corn, peper-corn, pepercorn, from Old English piporcorn (“peppercorn”), corresponding to pepper +? corn. Compare Dutch peperkorrel (“peppercorn”), German Pfefferkorn (“peppercorn”), Danish peberkorn (“peppercorn”), Swedish pepparkorn (“peppercorn”), Icelandic piparkorn (“peppercorn”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?p?k??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?p?k??n/

Noun

peppercorn (plural peppercorns)

1. The seeds of the plant Piper nigrum. Commonly used as a spice, usually but not always ground or crushed.
2. A small, insignificant quantity; a nominal consideration used to satisfy the requirements for the creation of a legal contract.

   peppercorn rent

Translations

Derived terms

• peppercorn rent

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English

Alternative forms

• piper (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English peper, piper, from Old English piper, from Proto-West Germanic *piper, from Latin piper, from an Indo-Aryan source; compare Sanskrit ??????? (pippali, “long pepper”). The name was given to the capsicum fruit because of its unusual spicy taste, not unlike the European spice.

Cognate with Scots pepar, Saterland Frisian Pieper, West Frisian piper, Dutch peper, German Low German Peper, German Pfeffer, Danish peber, Swedish peppar, Icelandic pipar. Doublet of peepul.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?p?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?p?/
• Rhymes: -?p?(?)

Noun

pepper (countable and uncountable, plural peppers)

1. A plant of the family Piperaceae.
2. (uncountable) A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe berries of this plant.
3. (Britain, US, Ireland and Canada) A bell pepper, a fruit of the capsicum plant: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in very spicy and mild varieties.
4. (baseball) A game used by baseball players to warm up where fielders standing close to a batter rapidly return the batted ball to be hit again

   Some ballparks have signs saying "No pepper games".

5. (cryptography) A randomly-generated value that is added to another value (such as a password) prior to hashing. Unlike a salt, a new one is generated for each value and it is held separately from the value.

Synonyms

• (fruit of the capsicum):
  • (spicy): chili, chili pepper, chilli, hot pepper
  • (mild) bell pepper, paprika, sweet pepper, capsicum

Derived terms

Descendants

• Tok Pisin: pepa
• ? Hawaiian: pepa
• ? Marshallese: pepa

Translations

Verb

pepper (third-person singular simple present peppers, present participle peppering, simple past and past participle peppered)

1. (transitive) To add pepper to.
2. (transitive) To strike with something made up of small particles.
3. (transitive) To cover with lots of (something made up of small things).

4. (transitive) To add (something) at frequent intervals.

5. (transitive, slang) To beat or thrash.

Derived terms

• bepepper
• peppering

Related terms

Translations

See also

• salt
• Wikipedia article on pepper
• Wikipedia article on peppers (fruits of the capsicum plant)

Middle English

Noun

pepper

1. Alternative form of peper

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse piparr

Pronunciation

Noun

pepper m (definite singular pepperen)

1. pepper (spice)

Derived terms

• pepperkake
• peppermynte

See also

• pepar (Nynorsk)

References

• “pepper” in The Bokmål Dictionary.