peppermint
English
Etymology
From pepper + mintCategory:English compound terms#PEPPERMINT.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɛpəˌmɪnt/Category:English 3-syllable words#PEPPERMINTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#PEPPERMINT
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɛpɚˌmɪnt/Category:English 3-syllable words#PEPPERMINTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#PEPPERMINT
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#PEPPERMINTAudio (US): (file)
Noun
peppermint (countable and uncountable, plural peppermints)Category:English lemmas#PEPPERMINTCategory:English nouns#PEPPERMINTCategory:English uncountable nouns#PEPPERMINTCategory:English countable nouns#PEPPERMINTCategory:English countable nouns#PEPPERMINTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PEPPERMINTCategory:Pages with entries#PEPPERMINTCategory:Pages with 2 entries#PEPPERMINT
- A hybrid herb of the mint family (Mentha × piperitaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (nothospecies)#Mentha%20×%20piperita), formed by crossing watermint and spearmint, which has a high menthol content and a sharp flavor and is used in cooking, especially in herb teas and in confections. [from 17th c.]
- (AustraliaCategory:Australian English#PEPPERMINT) Any of various eucalypts of southeastern Australia whose leaves yield peppermint-like essential oils. [from 18th c.]
- 2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 76:
- In the hissing flames, Greenhill and Travers boiled the bark from peppermint gums and roasted their kangaroo-skin jackets.
- 2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 76:
- (countableCategory:English countable nouns#PEPPERMINT) Any of various sweets containing extract of the peppermint herb; peppermint confectionery. [from 19th c.]
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Translations
Further reading
peppermint on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:French terms borrowed from English#PEPPERMINTCategory:French terms derived from English#PEPPERMINT peppermint.
Noun
peppermint m (plural peppermints)Category:French lemmas#PEPPERMINTCategory:French nouns#PEPPERMINTCategory:French countable nouns#PEPPERMINTCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#PEPPERMINTCategory:French masculine nouns#PEPPERMINTCategory:Pages with entries#PEPPERMINTCategory:Pages with 2 entries#PEPPERMINT
- peppermint (various sweets containing extract of the peppermint herb)
Further reading
- “peppermint”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012