pigment
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English
Etymology
From Middle English pigment, from Latin pigmentum (“pigment”), itself from pingō (“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
Noun
pigment (plural pigments)
- (biology) Any color in plant or animal cells.
- Chlorophyll is the pigment responsible for most plants' green colouring.
- A dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder.
- Umber is a pigment made from clay containing iron and manganese oxide.
- (obsolete) Wine flavoured with spices and honey.
- 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter III, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. , volume I, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. , →OCLC, page 61:
- Oswald, broach the oldest wine-cask; place the best mead, the richest morat, the most sparkling cyder, the most odoriferous pigment, upon the board; […]
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Translations
any color in plant or animal cells
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dry colorant
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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
Translations
add color or pigment
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Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pigmentum.
Pronunciation
Noun
pigment m (plural pigments)
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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, 2024
- “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 pingō (“I paint”) + -mentum.
Pronunciation
Noun
pigment n (plural pigmenten, diminutive pigmentje n)
- pigment, coloring substance
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pigmentum (“pigment”), itself from pingō (“to paint”) + -mentum. Doublet of piment, a borrowing from Spanish.
Pronunciation
Noun
pigment m (plural pigments)
- pigment, coloring substance
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pigment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pigment (plural pigmentes)
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
Learned borrowing from Latin pigmentum.
Pronunciation
Noun
pigment m inan
Declension
Declension of pigment
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pigment | pigmenty |
| genitive | pigmentu | pigmentów |
| dative | pigmentowi | pigmentom |
| accusative | pigment | pigmenty |
| instrumental | pigmentem | pigmentami |
| locative | pigmencie | pigmentach |
| vocative | pigmencie | pigmenty |
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adjectives
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adjective
noun
Further reading
- pigment in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pigment in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French pigment, Latin pigmentum.
Pronunciation
Noun
pigment n (plural pigmenți)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | pigment | pigmentul | pigmenți | pigmenții | |
| genitive-dative | pigment | pigmentului | pigmenți | pigmenților | |
| vocative | pigmentule | pigmenților | |||
Related terms
Further reading
- pigment in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Pigment, from Latin pigmentum.
Pronunciation
Noun
pìgment m (Cyrillic spelling пѝгмент)
Declension
Declension of pigment
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pìgment | pigmenti |
| genitive | pigmenta | pìgmenātā |
| dative | pigmentu | pigmentima |
| accusative | pigment | pigmente |
| vocative | pigmente | pigmenti |
| locative | pigmentu | pigmentima |
| instrumental | pigmentom | pigmentima |
References
- “pigment”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
pigment n
Declension
Declension of pigment