pimiento
English edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish pimiento (“bell pepper; later any pepper”), from Latin pigmentum (“coloring; colorful thing”), from pingō (“to paint”) and -mentum (“denoting instruments and results of actions”). Doublet of pigment, piment, and pimento.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɪˈmjɛntəʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /pɪˈmjɛntoʊ/, /pɪˈmɛntoʊ/
Noun edit
pimiento (plural pimientos)
- Synonym of pimento, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin pigmentum. Compare the borrowed doublet pigmento.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pimiento m (plural pimientos)
- pepper (fruit of the capsicum)
- pepper plant
- (Spain, Mexico, Guatemala, Peru) bell pepper (ellipsis of pimiento morrón.)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “pimiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014