Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shishito

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables: shishi-to
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sweet Japanese pepper, a cultivar of the species Capsicum annuum.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 獅子唐 (shishitō).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 獅子唐

Inflected Forms

shishitos (plural)

Questions

What does shishito mean?: A sweet Japanese pepper, a cultivar of the species Capsicum annuum.
Where does shishito come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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