ピーマン

Japanese
ピーマン (pīman): three colors of bell pepper.

Etymology

Borrowed from French piment (“chili pepper”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

ピーマン (rōmaji pīman)

  1. bell pepper, sweet pepper
  2. someone who is stupid, vapid, daft, not very bright (from the way that a bell pepper is mostly hollow inside, as a metaphor for such a person's head being empty)

Synonyms

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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