different between pigment vs pimiento

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)

1. (biology) Any color in plant or animal cells

2. A dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder

3. (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)

1. (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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. A spice or a blend of them.
2. 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)

1. 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)

1. a pigment

References

• “pigment” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Latin pigmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?i?.m?nt/

Noun

pigment m inan

1. (biology) pigment (any color in plant or animal cells)
2. 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)

1. 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 ???????)

1. pigment

Declension

References

• “pigment” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

English

Etymology

From Spanish pimiento (“bell pepper; later any pepper”), from Latin pigmentum (“coloring; colorful thing”), from pingo (“paint”) and -mentum (“denoting instruments and results of actions”). Doublet of pigment, piment, and pimento.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??mj?nt??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p??mj?nto?/, /p??m?nto?/

Noun

pimiento (plural pimientos)

1. Synonym of pimento, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pigmentum. Compare the borrowed doublet pigmento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi?mjento/, [pi?mj?n?.t?o]

Noun

pimiento m (plural pimientos)

1. pepper (fruit of the capsicum)
2. pepper plant
3. (Spain, Mexico, Guatemala, Peru) bell pepper (ellipsis of pimiento morrón)

Derived terms