cayenne

cayenne

See also: Cayenne

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɪˈɛn/, /keɪˈɛn/

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Noun

cayenne (countable and uncountable, plural cayennes)

1. Ellipsis of cayenne pepper.

   Coordinate term: jalapeño

   What's the difference between a cayenne and a jalapeno?

   His barbeque sauce could use a hint of cayenne to heat it up a bit.

2. spice in a figurative sense.
   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], OCLC 24531354, page 316:

     We speak ill of our neighbours, not from ill-nature, but idleness; satire is only the cayenne of conversation:...

Translations

cayenne pepper — see cayenne pepper

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.jɛn/

Etymology 1

Vulgar Latin *caya (“house”)[1]

Noun

cayenne f (plural cayennes)

1. (historical, military) navy barracks

Etymology 2

From poivre (piment) de Cayenne, from Cayenne.[2]

Noun

cayenne m (uncountable)

1. (cooking) cayenne pepper

   Synonyms: poivre de Cayenne, piment de Cayenne

Further reading

• “cayenne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

References

1. “cayenne” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
2. Etymology and history of “cayenne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.