pigment
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
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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.
- 1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:
- 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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VerbEdit
pigment (third-person singular simple present pigments, present participle pigmenting, simple past and past participle pigmented)
- (transitive) To add color or pigment to something.
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CatalanEdit
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pigment m (plural pigments)
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Further readingEdit
- “pigment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “pigment”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “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.
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin pigmentum (“pigment”), itself from pingō (“I paint”) + -mentum.
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pigment n (plural pigmenten, diminutive pigmentje n)
- pigment, coloring substance
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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin pigmentum (“pigment”), itself from pingō (“I paint”) + -mentum. Doublet of piment, a borrowing from Spanish.
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pigment m (plural pigments)
- pigment, coloring substance
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Further readingEdit
- “pigment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle EnglishEdit
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pigment (plural pigmentes)
DescendantsEdit
- English: pigment
ReferencesEdit
- “pigment, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin pigmentum.
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pigment n (definite singular pigmentet, indefinite plural pigment or pigmenter, definite plural pigmenta or pigmentene)
- a pigment
ReferencesEdit
- “pigment” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin pigmentum.
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pigment n (definite singular pigmentet, indefinite plural pigment, definite plural pigmenta)
- a pigment
ReferencesEdit
- “pigment” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin pigmentum.
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pigment m inan
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singular | plural | |
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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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RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French pigment, Latin pigmentum.
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pigment n (plural pigmenți)
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singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) pigment | pigmentul | (niște) pigmenți | pigmenții |
genitive/dative | (unui) pigment | pigmentului | (unor) pigmenți | pigmenților |
vocative | pigmentule | pigmenților |
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- pigment in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From German Pigment, from Latin pigmentum.
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pìgment m (Cyrillic spelling пѝгмент)
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singular | plural | |
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nominative | pìgment | pigmenti |
genitive | pigmenta | pìgmenātā |
dative | pigmentu | pigmentima |
accusative | pigment | pigmente |
vocative | pigmente | pigmenti |
locative | pigmentu | pigmentima |
instrumental | pigmentom | pigmentima |
ReferencesEdit
- “pigment” in Hrvatski jezični portal
SwedishEdit
NounEdit
pigment n
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Nominative | pigment | pigmentet | pigment | pigmenten |
Genitive | pigments | pigmentets | pigments | pigmentens |