Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peri-peri

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables: per-i-peri
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small hot pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum frutescens, originally produced in Portugal's former Southern African territories.

Inflected Forms

peri-peris (plural) piri-piri (alternative)

Derived Forms

perinaise

Questions

What does peri-peri mean?: A small hot pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum frutescens, originally produced in Portugal's former Southern African territories.

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