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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pimento (plural pimentos or pimentoes)

1. A red sweet pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum, used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice.
2. A tropical berry used to make allspice.
3. The tree on which it grows.

Synonyms

• (red sweet pepper): cherry pepper, pimiento, Spanish paprika
• (tropical berry): allspice

Translations

Anagrams

• emption

Finnish

Etymology

pimentää (“to darken”) +? -o

Noun

pimento

1. (figuratively) dark, darkness (place hidden from the sight)

   pitää joku pimennossa

   to keep someone in the dark

Declension

Related terms

• pimittää

Galician

Noun

pimento m (plural pimentos)

1. Alternative form of pemento

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French piment, Spanish pimiento, etc. from Latin pigmentum. Doublet of pigmento.

Noun

pimento m (plural pimenti)

1. pimento
2. allspice

Anagrams

• in tempo

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese [Term?], from Latin pigmentum (“pigment”), from ping? (“I paint”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pey?- (“spot, color”). Doublet of pigmento, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.?m?.tu/
• Hyphenation: pi?men?to

Noun

pimento m (plural pimentos)

1. sweet pepper, bell pepper (Capsicum annuum, an edible vegetable)

   Synonym: pimentão

Related terms

• pigmento
• pimenta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French piment. See pimento, pimiento, and pigment.

Noun

piment (plural piments)

1. (obsolete) wine flavoured with spices or honey

Anagrams

• pitmen

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pimiento, from Latin pigmentum. Doublet of pigment, a borrowing from Latin. See also the inherited Old French piment, pimenc ("spiced wine").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.m??/

Noun

piment m (plural piments)

1. (cooking) spice
2. chili, chili pepper
3. (figuratively) spice (vigour).

Derived terms

• pimenter
• piment de Cayenne

Further reading

• “piment” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French piment.

Noun

piment m (plural piments)

1. (Jersey) chili pepper, pimento
2. (Jersey) balm