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spicy

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

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Alternative forms

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spicey

Etymology

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Fromspice +‎-y, attested since the 16th century.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈspaɪsi/
Audio(Southern England): (file)
Rhymes:-aɪsi

Adjective

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spicy (comparativespicier,superlativespiciest)

Of, pertaining to, orcontaining spice.
He prepared aspicy casserole.
(informal, of flavors)Provoking aburningsensation due to the presence ofcapsaicin.
This curry is toospicy for me. I can't eat it.
- 2015 August 31, Jiyeon Lee and Sol Han, “7 super spicy South Korean dishes – and tips for eating them”, inCNN‎^[1]:
  This place is actually known for serving the Donkatsu of Death, aka the Drop-Dead Donkatsu, by far thespiciest dish I’ve ever endured.
- 2021 September 17, Noelle Ike, “Truff’s new white truffle hot sauce is even hotter, and perfect for amping up mealtime”, inCNN‎^[2]:
  That’s why we knew we had to get our hands on Truff’s latest launch: White Hotter. It’s an evenspicier take on the fan-favorite (and perhaps our favorite), White Truffle Hot Sauce.
- 2024 June 2, Parija Kavilanz, “‘Swicy’ is the hottest trend in food right now”, inCNN‎^[3]:
  “I think we are going to see a lot more of this,” said Lyons Wyatt. “There is a push now and we do see both unit and dollar growth ofspicy and swicy products.”
(of foods, flavors, or odors)Tangy,zesty, orpungent.
She breathed in the strong,spicy aroma.
- 1769,Firishta, translated byAlexander Dow,Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iv:
  The breath of the mountain heifer was fragrant as the gales of Sirendiep, by feeding onſpicy herbs.
(of expression or behavior)Vigorous;colorful;stimulating.
He is known for hisspicy political commentary.
Scandalous.
- 1847 January –1848 July,William Makepeace Thackeray,Vanity Fair […], London:Bradbury and Evans […], published1848,→OCLC:
  When one side or the other had written any particularlyspicy dispatch, news of it was sure to slip out.
(Internet slang)Risky; mildlyaggressive ordangerous.
Look at the little wildcub! That's onespicy ball of fur.
(Internet slang)Risqué,sexy,racy;mildly pornographic.
I don't want my children to see thespicy images on this web site.

Synonyms

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(provoking a burning sensation):hot,spicy-hot,piquant

Derived terms

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Translations

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containing spice

Arabic:مُتَبَّل(mutabbal)
Hijazi Arabic:مُتَبَّل(mutabbal)
Armenian:կծու (hy)(kcu)
Azerbaijani:ədviyyatlı,ədviyyəli
Belarusian:во́стры (be)(vóstry)
Bhojpuri:मसालेदार(masālēdār)
Bulgarian:подправен (bg)(podpraven)
Burmese:စပ် (my)(cap)
Catalan:especiat
Chinese:
Cantonese:辣(laat⁶)
Hokkien:薟 /莶 (zh-min-nan)(hiam)
Mandarin:辣 (zh)(là)
Dutch:gekruid (nl),kruidig (nl)
Finnish:mausteinen (fi),maustettu (fi)
French:épicé (fr)
Georgian:ცხარე(cxare)
German:würzig (de),gewürzt (de),pikant (de)
Greek:καρυκευμένος (el) m(karykevménos),πικάντικος (el) m(pikántikos)
Hebrew:מתובל m(metubál)
Hungarian:fűszeres (hu)
Icelandic:sterkur (is),kryddaður
Isan:please add this translation if you can
Italian:speziato (it)
Japanese:辛い (ja)(からい, karai)
Khmer:ហឹរ (km)(haə)
Korean:맵다 (ko)(maepda)
Kyrgyz:ачуу (ky)(acuu),өткүр (ky)(ötkür)
Lao:ເຜັດ(phet)
Latin:acutus (la)
Lü:ᦵᦕᧆ(ṗhed)
Macedonian:зачинет(začinet)
Malay:berempah
Maori:puhahana
Mongolian:please add this translation if you can
Persian:تند (fa)(tond)
Polish:pikantny (pl)
Portuguese:temperado (pt),condimentado (pt)
Romanian:condimentat (ro),asezonat (ro)
Russian:пря́ный (ru)(prjányj),о́стрый (ru)(óstryj)
Scottish Gaelic:spìosrach
Shan:please add this translation if you can
Spanish:condimentado (es),aliñado (es),(having a sharp flavor)picante (es),sazonado (es),aromático (es)
Swedish:kryddig (sv),kryddstark (sv)
Tamil:please add this translation if you can
Tangut:𘟋(*zar¹)
Thai:เผ็ด (th)(pèt)
Tibetan:please add this translation if you can
Turkish:baharatlı (tr),baharlı (tr)
Tutong:pelos
Ukrainian:пря́ний(prjányj),го́стрий (uk)(hóstryj)
Vietnamese:có gia vị (vi)
Welsh:sbeisiog,sbeislyd (cy)
White Hmong:please add this translation if you can
Yiddish:בשׂמימדיק(besomemdik)
Zazaki:tun (diq)
Zhuang:please add this translation if you can
Zyphe:hei

providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices

Arabic:حَار (ar)(ḥār)
Egyptian Arabic:حَرَّاق(ḥarrāʔ)
Gulf Arabic:سبايسي m(sbāysi. spāysi)
Hijazi Arabic:حَرَّاق(ḥarrāg),حار(ḥār)
Lebanese Arabic:حار (ar)(ḥārr)
Moroccan Arabic:حار (ar)(ḥārr)
South Levantine Arabic:حار(ḥārr),بيحْرِق(béḥreg),حَرَّاق(ḥarrāg)
Tunisian Arabic:حار (ar)(ḥārr)
Armenian:կծու (hy)(kcu)
Azerbaijani:tünd
Bulgarian:пикантен (bg)(pikanten)
Catalan:picant (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin:辣 (zh)(là)
Dutch:scherp (nl),pikant (nl)
Finnish:tulinen (fi)
German:scharf (de)
Hebrew:חריף (he) m(kharíf)
Hungarian:csípős (hu)
Icelandic:sterkur (is)
Indonesian:pedas (id)
Irish:te
Italian:piccante (it)
Japanese:辛い (ja)
Malay:pedas (ms)
Mansi:
Northern Mansi:пе̄лп(pēlp)
Maori:kakā,puhahana
Portuguese:picante (pt)
Romanian:iute (ro)
Russian:о́стрый (ru)(óstryj)
Scottish Gaelic:spìosrach
Spanish:picante (es),picoso (es),alampante
Tagalog:maanghang
Vietnamese:cay (vi)
Welsh:sbeislyd (cy)

tangy or pungent

Arabic:حِرِّيف(ḥirrīf)
Armenian:կծու (hy)(kcu)
Azerbaijani:ədviyyəli
Belarusian:во́стры (be)(vóstry)
Bulgarian:лют (bg)(ljut)
Burmese:စပ် (my)(cap),မာလာ (my)(mala)
Catalan:picant (ca)
Chamicuro:chawa
Chinese:
Cantonese:辣(laat⁶)
Mandarin:辣 (zh)(là)
Czech:ostrý (cs),pikantní
Dutch:pikant (nl)
Estonian:pikantne
Finnish:pistävä (fi)
French:épicé (fr),piquant (fr),pimenté (fr)
Georgian:please add this translation if you can
German:scharf (de) (hot),würzig (de) (herbal)
Greek:αψύς (el) m(apsýs)
Hindi:मसालेदार (hi)(masāledār),तीखा (hi)(tīkhā)
Hungarian:fűszeres (hu)
Indonesian:pedas (id)
Irish:láidir
Isan:please add this translation if you can
Italian:piccante (it)
Japanese:辛い (ja)(からい, karai),スパイシー (ja)(supaishī)
Khmer:ហឹរ (km)(haə)
Korean:맵다 (ko)(maepda)
Lao:ເຜັດ(phet)
Latvian:ass (lv)
Lithuanian:aštrus
Lü:ᦵᦕᧆ(ṗhed)
Macedonian:лут(lut),пика́нтен(pikánten)
Malay:please add this translation if you can
Maori:pūhahana
Mongolian:please add this translation if you can
Polish:ostry (pl),pikantny (pl)
Portuguese:apimentado (pt),picante (pt)
Quechua:haya,jaya
Romanian:picant (ro)
Russian:о́стрый (ru)(óstryj),пря́ный (ru)(prjányj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:љут
Roman:ljut (sh)
Shan:please add this translation if you can
Slovak:ostrý
Slovene:pekoč
Spanish:picante (es)
Swedish:skarp (sv),stark (sv),pikant (sv)
Tagalog:maanghang
Tamil:please add this translation if you can
Thai:เผ็ด (th)(pèt)
Tibetan:ཁ་ཚ་པོ(kha tsha po)
Turkish:çeşnili (tr)
Ukrainian:го́стрий (uk)(hóstryj),пря́ний(prjányj)
Vietnamese:cay (vi)
Welsh:sbeislyd (cy)
White Hmong:please add this translation if you can
Zhuang:manh

vigorous, colorful

Chinese:
Mandarin:please add this translation if you can
Finnish:pisteliäs (fi)
Greek:ζωηρός (el) m(zoïrós)
Hungarian:borsos (hu),zamatos (hu)
Japanese:辛口の(karakuchi no),とげのある(togenoaru)
Russian:энерги́чный (ru)(energíčnyj),живо́й (ru)(živój)

racy

Bulgarian:пикантен (bg)(pikanten)
Chinese:
Mandarin:please add this translation if you can
Dutch:pikant (nl)
Finnish:pornahtava (fi)
German:pikant (de)
Greek:τολμηρός (el) m(tolmirós),καυτός (el) m(kaftós)
Hungarian:pikáns (hu)
Japanese:刺激的な (ja)(shigekiteki na)
Macedonian:пика́нтен(pikánten)
Malay:gatal (ms)
Polish:pikantny (pl)
Romanian:picant (ro)
Russian:пика́нтный (ru)(pikántnyj),неприли́чный (ru)(neprilíčnyj)(indecent)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions atWiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Italian:^{(pleaseverify)}speziato (it)
Spanish:^{(pleaseverify)}caliente (es)

Basic tastes in English(layout ·text)

sweet	sour	salty	bitter	spicy	savory

References

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Noah Webster (1828) “spicy”, inAn American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume II (J–Z), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […],→OCLC.
“spicy”, inDictionary.com Unabridged,Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
"spicy" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
“spicy”, inLexico,Dictionary.com;Oxford University Press,2019–2022.
Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)

Lower Sorbian

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈspʲit͡sɨ/

Adjective

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spicy

sleeping,asleep
dormant(e.g. of a volcano)

Declension

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Declension ofspicy

	Masculine singular	Feminine singular	Neuter singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	spicy	spica	spice	spicej	spice
Genitive	spicego	spiceje	spicego	spiceju	spicych
Dative	spicemu	spicej	spicemu	spicyma	spicym
Accusative	spicy spicego(animate)	spicu	spice	spicej spiceju(animate)	spice spicych(optional animate form)
Instrumental	spicym	spiceju	spicym	spicyma	spicymi
Locative	spicem	spicej	spicem	spicyma	spicych

Participle

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spicy

past active participle ofspaś

Declension

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Declension ofspicy

	Masculine singular	Feminine singular	Neuter singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	spicy	spica	spice	spicej	spice
Genitive	spicego	spiceje	spicego	spiceju	spicych
Dative	spicemu	spicej	spicemu	spicyma	spicym
Accusative	spicy spicego(animate)	spicu	spice	spicej spiceju(animate)	spice spicych(optional animate form)
Instrumental	spicym	spiceju	spicym	spicyma	spicymi
Locative	spicem	spicej	spicem	spicyma	spicych

Synonyms

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spijucy

References

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Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “spicy”, inSłownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague:ОРЯС РАН,ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag,2008
Starosta, Manfred (1999) “spicy”, inDolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag