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piper
pepper (the spice, Piper nigrum) /piˈper/
noun#3364 most common
Also: peppercorn, pepper plant
Example sentences
Îmi place piperul negru.
I like black pepper.
Pune puțin piper în supă.
Put a little pepper in the soup.
Bunica macină piper proaspăt pentru fiecare masă.
Grandma grinds fresh pepper for every meal.
Piperul alb se obține din boabe de piper negru fără coajă.
White pepper is made from black pepper berries without the skin.
Comerțul cu piper a fost una dintre principalele motivații ale exploratorilor europeni în Evul Mediu.
The pepper trade was one of the main motivations of European explorers in the Middle Ages.
Deși prețurile s-au stabilizat de mult, în secolul al XV-lea piperul era atât de valoros încât se folosea uneori pe post de monedă de schimb.
Although prices have long since stabilized, in the fifteenth century pepper was so valuable that it was sometimes used as a form of currency.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | piper | piperuri |
| Genitive | piperului | piperurilor |
| Accusative | piper | piperuri |
| Vocative | piperule | piperurilor |
Word family
piperatpeppery, spiced
pipernițăpepper shaker or pepper pot
piperiupepper-colored, grayish-brown
piperosracy, spicy in a figurative sense (a joke, a remark)
Etymology
Romanian "piper" comes from Latin "piper, piperis", which Latin itself borrowed from Greek "péperi". The Greek word traces back to a Sanskrit source, "pippalī", the name for long pepper in ancient India. The spice moved west along the same trade routes as its name.
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