pigment

See also: Pigment

EnglishEdit

 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

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.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪɡ.mənt/
  • (file)

NounEdit

pigment (plural pigments)

  1. (biology) Any color in plant or animal cells
    Chlorophyll is the pigment responsible for most plants' green colouring.
  2. A dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder
    Umber is a pigment made from clay containing iron and manganese oxide.
  3. (obsolete) Wine flavoured with spices and honey.

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

VerbEdit

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 termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

AnagramsEdit

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin pigmentum.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pigment m (plural pigments)

  1. pigment

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

Further readingEdit

DutchEdit

 
Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin pigmentum (pigment), itself from pingō (I paint) + -mentum.

PronunciationEdit

  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: pig‧ment
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

NounEdit

pigment n (plural pigmenten, diminutive pigmentje n)

  1. pigment, coloring substance

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin pigmentum (pigment), itself from pingō (I paint) + -mentum. Doublet of piment, a borrowing from Spanish.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pigment m (plural pigments)

  1. pigment, coloring substance

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

Middle EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin pigmentum.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pigment (plural pigmentes)

  1. A spice or a blend of them.
  2. A red pigment.

DescendantsEdit

  • English: pigment

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian BokmålEdit

 
Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin pigmentum.

NounEdit

pigment n (definite singular pigmentet, indefinite plural pigment or pigmenter, definite plural pigmenta or pigmentene)

  1. a pigment

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

 
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin pigmentum.

NounEdit

pigment n (definite singular pigmentet, indefinite plural pigment, definite plural pigmenta)

  1. a pigment

ReferencesEdit

PolishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin pigmentum.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pigment m inan

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

DeclensionEdit

Derived termsEdit

adjectives

Related termsEdit

adjective
noun

Further readingEdit

  • pigment in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pigment in Polish dictionaries at PWN

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French pigment, Latin pigmentum.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pigment n (plural pigmenți)

  1. pigment

DeclensionEdit

Related termsEdit

Further readingEdit

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From German Pigment, from Latin pigmentum.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /pǐɡment/
  • Hyphenation: pi‧gment

NounEdit

pìgment m (Cyrillic spelling пѝгмент)

  1. pigment

DeclensionEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • pigment” in Hrvatski jezični portal

SwedishEdit

NounEdit

pigment n

  1. (biology) pigment
  2. pigment (in paint)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of pigment 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative pigment pigmentet pigment pigmenten
Genitive pigments pigmentets pigments pigmentens

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit