"peppermint" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɛpəˌmɪnt/ [UK], /ˈpɛpɚˌmɪnt/ [US] Audio: en-us-peppermint.ogg [US] Forms: peppermints [plural]
Etymology: From pepper + mint. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pepper|mint}} pepper + mint Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} peppermint (countable and uncountable, plural peppermints)
  1. A hybrid herb of the mint family (Mentha × piperita), 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Herbs, Mints
    Sense id: en-peppermint-en-noun-9ySXNKxo Disambiguation of Herbs: 36 31 33 Disambiguation of Mints: 53 23 24 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 46 38 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 41 43 16
  2. (Australia) Any of various eucalypts of southeastern Australia whose leaves yield peppermint-like essential oils. Tags: Australia, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Tea Categories (lifeform): Herbs
    Sense id: en-peppermint-en-noun-o9HsjiCU Disambiguation of Tea: 28 49 24 Disambiguation of Herbs: 36 31 33 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 49 17 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 46 38 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 41 43 16
  3. (countable) Any of various sweets containing extract of the peppermint herb; peppermint confectionery. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Sweets Categories (lifeform): Herbs
    Sense id: en-peppermint-en-noun-~2MdlYC2 Disambiguation of Sweets: 23 30 47 Disambiguation of Herbs: 36 31 33 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 46 38 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 41 43 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: peppermint geranium, peppermintini, peppermint oil, peppermint shrimp, peppermint stick, peppermint tree Translations (confection): pebermynte [common-gender] (Danish), piparminttukaramelli (Finnish), Pfefferminzbonbon [neuter] (German), Pfefferminz [masculine, neuter] (German), piparminta [feminine] (Icelandic), caramella alla menta [feminine] (Italian), mentina [feminine] (Italian), pépermàn [Guernsey, masculine] (Norman), p'pèr'mène [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), peppermynte [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), peparmynte [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), miętówka [feminine] (Polish) Translations (herb): nenexhik [masculine] (Albanian), dhiozmë [feminine] (Albanian), mendër e butë [feminine] (Albanian), نَعْنَاع فِلْفِلِيّ (naʕnāʕ filfiliyy) [masculine] (Arabic), անանուխ (ananux) (Armenian), мента (menta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 胡椒薄荷 (hújiāo bòhe) (Chinese Mandarin), 薄荷 (bòhe) (Chinese Mandarin), máta peprná [feminine] (Czech), pebermynte [common-gender] (Danish), pipromento (Esperanto), piparmünt (Estonian), piparminttu (Finnish), menthe poivrée [feminine] (French), menta [feminine] (Galician), Pfefferminze [feminine] (German), μέντα (ménta) [feminine] (Greek), पुदीना (pudīnā) [masculine] (Hindi), borsmenta (Hungarian), Peffermenz [feminine] (Hunsrik), piparminta [feminine] (Icelandic), lus an phiobair [masculine] (Irish), miontas piobair [masculine] (Irish), menta piperita [feminine] (Italian), ペパーミント (pepāminto) (Japanese), 薄荷 (hakka) (alt: はっか) (Japanese), ミント (minto) (Japanese), 페퍼민트 (pepeominteu) (Korean), piparmētra [feminine] (Latvian), Peffermënz [feminine] (Luxembourgish), pudina (Malay), mynthey phibbyragh [feminine] (Manx), pépermàn [Guernsey, masculine] (Norman), p'pèr'mène [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), peppermynte [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), peparmynte [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), پونه (pune) (Persian), mięta pieprzowa [feminine] (Polish), hortelã-pimenta [feminine] (Portuguese), пе́речная мя́та (pérečnaja mjáta) [feminine] (Russian), мя́та (mjáta) [feminine] (Russian), अजगन्ध (ajagandha) [masculine] (Sanskrit), poprova meta [feminine] (Slovene), menta piperita [feminine] (Spanish), piperita [feminine] (Spanish), pepparmynta [common-gender] (Swedish), menta (Tagalog), nane (Turkish), bahçe nanesi (Turkish), پودینا (podīnā) [masculine] (Urdu), mintys poethion [feminine] (Welsh), פֿעפֿערמינץ (fefermints) (Yiddish), ענגלישע מענטע (englishe mente) [feminine] (Yiddish)
Disambiguation of 'confection': 38 18 44 Disambiguation of 'herb': 42 8 50

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "p'pèr'mène"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "42 8 50",
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peppermynte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "42 8 50",
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peparmynte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "42 8 50",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pune",
      "sense": "herb",
      "word": "پونه"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "42 8 50",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mięta pieprzowa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "42 8 50",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hortelã-pimenta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "42 8 50",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pérečnaja mjáta",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пе́речная мя́та"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "42 8 50",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mjáta",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мя́та"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "42 8 50",
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "ajagandha",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "अजगन्ध"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "42 8 50",
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poprova meta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "42 8 50",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "menta piperita"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "42 8 50",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piperita"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "42 8 50",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pepparmynta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "42 8 50",
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "herb",
      "word": "menta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "42 8 50",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "herb",
      "word": "nane"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "42 8 50",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "herb",
      "word": "bahçe nanesi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "42 8 50",
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "podīnā",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "پودینا"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "42 8 50",
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mintys poethion"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "42 8 50",
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "fefermints",
      "sense": "herb",
      "word": "פֿעפֿערמינץ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "42 8 50",
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "englishe mente",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ענגלישע מענטע"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 18 44",
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "confection",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pebermynte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 18 44",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "confection",
      "word": "piparminttukaramelli"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 18 44",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "confection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Pfefferminzbonbon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 18 44",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "confection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Pfefferminz"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 18 44",
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "confection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piparminta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 18 44",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "confection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "caramella alla menta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 18 44",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "confection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mentina"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 18 44",
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "confection",
      "tags": [
        "Guernsey",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pépermàn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 18 44",
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "confection",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "p'pèr'mène"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 18 44",
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "confection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peppermynte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 18 44",
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "confection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peparmynte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 18 44",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "confection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "miętówka"
    }
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    "peppermint"
  ],
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}
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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
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    "en:Sweets",
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      "word": "peppermint geranium"
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    {
      "word": "peppermintini"
    },
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      "word": "peppermint oil"
    },
    {
      "word": "peppermint shrimp"
    },
    {
      "word": "peppermint stick"
    },
    {
      "word": "peppermint tree"
    }
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            "2": "paparmane",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ French: paparmane",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: paparmane"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Japanese: ペパーミント (pepāminto)"
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "페퍼민트",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Korean: 페퍼민트 (pepeominteu)"
    }
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        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (nothospecies)"
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        "A hybrid herb of the mint family (Mentha × piperita), 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."
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          "herb"
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          "watermint"
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        [
          "spearmint",
          "spearmint"
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          "menthol",
          "menthol"
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          "herb tea",
          "herb tea"
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          "confection",
          "confection"
        ]
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
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      "categories": [
        "Australian English"
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        {
          "ref": "2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 76",
          "text": "In the hissing flames, Greenhill and Travers boiled the bark from peppermint gums and roasted their kangaroo-skin jackets."
        }
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          "essential oil"
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        "(Australia) Any of various eucalypts of southeastern Australia whose leaves yield peppermint-like essential oils."
      ],
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        "Australia",
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        "uncountable"
      ]
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        "English countable nouns"
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        "Any of various sweets containing extract of the peppermint herb; peppermint confectionery."
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        [
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          "sweet"
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          "confectionery",
          "confectionery"
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        "(countable) Any of various sweets containing extract of the peppermint herb; peppermint confectionery."
      ],
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        "countable"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛpəˌmɪnt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛpɚˌmɪnt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-peppermint.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c4/En-us-peppermint.ogg/En-us-peppermint.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/En-us-peppermint.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    }
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nenexhik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dhiozmë"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mendër e butë"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "naʕnāʕ filfiliyy",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "نَعْنَاع فِلْفِلِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ananux",
      "sense": "herb",
      "word": "անանուխ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "menta",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мента"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hújiāo bòhe",
      "sense": "herb",
      "word": "胡椒薄荷"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bòhe",
      "sense": "herb",
      "word": "薄荷"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "máta peprná"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pebermynte"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "herb",
      "word": "pipromento"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "herb",
      "word": "piparmünt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "herb",
      "word": "piparminttu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "menthe poivrée"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "menta"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Pfefferminze"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ménta",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μέντα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pudīnā",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "पुदीना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "herb",
      "word": "borsmenta"
    },
    {
      "code": "hrx",
      "lang": "Hunsrik",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Peffermenz"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piparminta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lus an phiobair"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "miontas piobair"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "menta piperita"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "pepāminto",
      "sense": "herb",
      "word": "ペパーミント"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はっか",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hakka",
      "sense": "herb",
      "word": "薄荷"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "minto",
      "sense": "herb",
      "word": "ミント"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pepeominteu",
      "sense": "herb",
      "word": "페퍼민트"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piparmētra"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Peffermënz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "herb",
      "word": "pudina"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mynthey phibbyragh"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "Guernsey",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pépermàn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "p'pèr'mène"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peppermynte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peparmynte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pune",
      "sense": "herb",
      "word": "پونه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mięta pieprzowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hortelã-pimenta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pérečnaja mjáta",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пе́речная мя́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mjáta",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мя́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "ajagandha",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "अजगन्ध"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poprova meta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "menta piperita"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piperita"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pepparmynta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "herb",
      "word": "menta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "herb",
      "word": "nane"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "herb",
      "word": "bahçe nanesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "podīnā",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "پودینا"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mintys poethion"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "fefermints",
      "sense": "herb",
      "word": "פֿעפֿערמינץ"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "englishe mente",
      "sense": "herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ענגלישע מענטע"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "confection",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pebermynte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "confection",
      "word": "piparminttukaramelli"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "confection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Pfefferminzbonbon"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "confection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Pfefferminz"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "confection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piparminta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "confection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "caramella alla menta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "confection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mentina"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "confection",
      "tags": [
        "Guernsey",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pépermàn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "confection",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "p'pèr'mène"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "confection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peppermynte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "confection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peparmynte"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "confection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "miętówka"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "peppermint"
  ],
  "word": "peppermint"
}

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