Pfeffer
German (Berlin)
/ˈpfɛfɐ/, /ˈfɛfɐ/
noun
Definitions
- pepper plant of the family Piperaceae and spice made therefrom
- (figurative) pep; intensity
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German pfeffer inherited from Old High German pheffar derived from Latin piper (pepper) derived from Ancient Greek πέπερι (pepper).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πέπερι
Gloss
pepper
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Culpepper English
- bepepper English
- hasenpfeffer English
- old man's pepper English
- peppadew English
- pepper English
- pepperberry English
- pepperbox English
- pepperbush English
- peppercorn English
- pepperer English
- pepperette English
- peppergrass English
- pepperless English
- pepperlike English
- peppernut English
- peppershaker English
- peppershrike English
- pepperwood English
- pepperwort English
- peppery English
- wallpepper English
- peperomia Latin
- piper Latin
- piperatus Latin
- piperitus Latin
- Cayenne German
- Cayennepfeffer German
- Hasen German
- Korn German
- Minze German
- Nuss German
- Pfefferkorn German
- Pfefferminze German
- Pfeffernuss German
- Pfeffersack German
- Sack German
- pfefferig German
- pfeffern German
- pfeffrig German
- pipere Hungarian
- pepe Italian
- peperone Italian
- pevere Italian
- peperina Spanish, Castilian
- πέπερι Ancient Greek
- ὑδροπέπερι Ancient Greek
- piper Old English
- pipor Old English
- पिप्पलि Sanskrit
- peper Middle English
- pipari Old Norse
- piparr Old Norse
- peber Danish
- *pьpьrь Proto-Slavic
- peivre Old French
- poivre Old French
- pàprika Serbo-Croatian
- páprika Serbo-Croatian
- pebre Catalan, Valencian
- prebe Galician
- πιπέρι Greek (modern)
- *peffar Old High German
- pfeffar Old High German
- pheffar Old High German
- peffer Middle High German
- pfeffer Middle High German
- Peffer Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *piper gmw-pro
- *pipar Old Dutch
- fèffar Cimbrian
- pebre Occitan
- pipar Old Swedish
- paiver Romansh
- uphepha Zulu
- pevar Friulian
- pipur Middle Irish
- pepa Marshallese
- pévaro Venetian
- pepa Tok Pisin
- pepro Dalmatian
- pever Mòcheno
- pöber North Frisian
- pever Lombard
- papa Inupiaq