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pigment
English
Etymology
From Middle English pigment, from Latin pigmentum (“pigment”), itself from ping? (“I paint”) + -mentum; variants of this word may have been known in Old English (e.g. 12th century pyhmentum). Doublet of pimiento, pimento, and piment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p??.m?nt/
Noun
pigment (plural pigments)
- (biology) Any color in plant or animal cells
- A dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder
- (obsolete) Wine flavoured with spices and honey.
Derived terms
- pigmentary
Related terms
- pimiento
Translations
Verb
pigment (third-person singular simple present pigments, present participle pigmenting, simple past and past participle pigmented)
- (transitive) To add color or pigment to something.
Derived terms
- pigmentation
Translations
Anagrams
- empting, temping
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin pigmentum.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /pi??ment/
- (Central) IPA(key): /pi??men/
Noun
pigment m (plural pigments)
- pigment
Derived terms
- pigmentar
Further reading
- “pigment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “pigment” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “pigment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “pigment” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pigmentum (“pigment”), itself from ping? (“I paint”) + -mentum.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pig?ment
- Rhymes: -?nt
Noun
pigment n (plural pigmenten, diminutive pigmentje n)
- pigment, coloring substance
Derived terms
- pigmentatie
- pigmenteren
- pigmentering
- pigmentpapier n
- pigmentvreter m
Related terms
- kleurstof
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pigmentum (“pigment”), itself from ping? (“I paint”) + -mentum. Doublet of piment, a borrowing from Spanish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi?.m??/
Noun
pigment m (plural pigments)
- pigment, coloring substance
Derived terms
- pigmentaire
- pigmentation
- pigmenter
Further reading
- “pigment” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Alternative forms
- pygment
Etymology
From Latin pigmentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pi?m?nt/
Noun
pigment (plural pigmentes)
- A spice or a blend of them.
- A red pigment.
Descendants
- English: pigment
References
- “pigment, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pigmentum
Noun
pigment n (definite singular pigmentet, indefinite plural pigment or pigmenter, definite plural pigmenta or pigmentene)
- a pigment
References
- “pigment” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pigmentum
Noun
pigment n (definite singular pigmentet, indefinite plural pigment, definite plural pigmenta)
- a pigment
References
- “pigment” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From Latin pigmentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?i?.m?nt/
Noun
pigment m inan
- (biology) pigment (any color in plant or animal cells)
- pigment (dry colorant)
Declension
Derived terms
- (adjectives) pigmentowy, pigmentowany
Related terms
- (noun) pigmentacja
- (adjective) pigmentacyjny
Further reading
- pigment in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- pigment in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French pigment, Latin pigmentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi??ment/
Noun
pigment n (plural pigmen?i)
- pigment
Declension
Related terms
- pigmenta
- pigmenta?ie
Further reading
- pigment in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Pigment, from Latin pigmentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??ment/
- Hyphenation: pi?gment
Noun
pìgment m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)
- pigment
Declension
References
- “pigment” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
pigment From the web:
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chromoplast
English
Etymology
chromo- +? -plast
Noun
chromoplast (plural chromoplasts)
- (biology) Any plastid in which a pigment is synthesized or stored
chromoplast From the web:
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- what is chromoplast in biology
- what is chromoplast class 9
- what is chromoplast function
- what are chromoplasts made of
- what do chromoplasts store
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