피망

피망

Korean

Etymology

From French piment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[pʰima̠ŋ]
• Phonetic Hangul[피망]

Revised Romanization? pimang Revised Romanization (translit.)? pimang McCune–Reischauer? p'imang Yale Romanization? phimang

Noun

피망 • (pimang)

1. Capsicum annuum var. angulosum, capsicum, pepper (BrE), bell pepper (AmE)

Usage notes

• The Japanese language has the same word ピーマン (pīman) with the same meaning.
• Not to be confused with the word 파프리카 (papeurika), which may be used to denote a species of chili pepper (Capsicum frutescens, 고추 (gochu)).

Synonyms

• 사자고추 (sajagochu) (North Korea)

References

• 표준국어대사전