peper

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch peper, from Old Dutch *pipar, *pepar, from Proto-West Germanic *pipar, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi), from an Indo-Aryan language. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpeː.pər/ Homophone: paper Hyphenation: pe‧per Rhymes: -eːpər === Noun === peper m (plural pepers, diminutive pepertje n) pepper (Piper nigrum or the spice obtained from its berries) pepper (Capsicum plants or their fruit used as vegetable or spice) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: peper Negerhollands: pepper → Aukan: pepee → Munsee: piipel → Papiamentu: peper → Saramaccan: pepè → Unami: pèpël === See also === zout === References === van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “peper”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute === Further reading === peper on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl === Anagrams === reppe == Middle English == === Alternative forms === pepere, pepir, pepire, pepper, pepre, pepur, pepyr, piper, pipere, pipor, pyper === Etymology === Inherited from Old English pipor, piper, from West Germanic, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi), from Indo-Aryan. Forms with /ɛ/ probably represent unattested Old English *peopor, while the absence of open-syllable lengthening is due to influence from the Old English inflected forms pipore, pipores and the compounds peper corn, peperquerne, where it would be inhibited by trisyllabic shortening. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɛpər/, /ˈpipər/ === Noun === peper (uncountable) pepper (a spice made from the fruit of the plant Piper nigrum) (rare) The plant that produces the fruit required to make pepper; the pepper plant. (rare) A spicy or bitter concoction. ==== Derived terms ==== long peper peper corn peperquerne ==== Descendants ==== English: pepper (see there for further descendants) Middle Scots: peper, pepar, pepir Scots: pepper Yola: pipper ==== References ==== “peper, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 July 2018.