pigment en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpəɡ.mənt/ (New-Zealand)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈpɪɡ.mənt/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- (Texas) audio
Etymology
From Middle English pigment, from Latin pigmentum (“pigment”), itself from pingō (“to paint”) + -mentum; variants of this word may have been known in Old English (e.g. 12th century pyhmentum). Doublet of pimiento, pimento, and piment.
Meanings
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Any color in plant or animal cells.
Chlorophyll is the pigment responsible for most plants' green colouring.
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A dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder.
Umber is a pigment made from clay containing iron and manganese oxide.
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(obsolete) Wine flavoured with spices and honey.
Oswald, broach the oldest wine-cask; place the best mead, the richest morat, the most sparkling cyder, the most odoriferous pigment, upon the board; […]
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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pigments | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
pigmenturia · pigmentous · respiratory pigment · pigmental · pigment dispersion syndrome · pigmentless · pigmentocracy · pigmentlike · interpigment · phaeopigment · cytopigment · phytopigment · accessory pigment · biopigment · lipopigment · pigmentize · pigmentary · depigment · photopigment · copigment · azo pigment · pheopigment · nonpigment · fugitive pigment · pigmentate · bile pigment · lake pigment
Translations (69)
ka პიგმენტი (any color in plant or animal cells) · cmn 色素 (any color in plant or animal cells) · fi pigmentti (dry colorant) · pl pigment (any color in plant or animal cells) · ga ábhar datha (dry colorant) · fa پیگمان (dry colorant) · bg пигмент (any color in plant or animal cells) · pt pigmento (dry colorant) · nl kleurstof (dry colorant) · de Farbstoff (dry colorant) · fi väriaine (any color in plant or animal cells) · la pigmentum (dry colorant) · vo köl (dry colorant) · nl pigment (any color in plant or animal cells) · ko 색소 (any color in plant or animal cells) · nn pigment (any color in plant or animal cells) · mnc ᡳᠴᡝᡴᡠ (dry colorant) · pt pigmento (any color in plant or animal cells) · te వర్ణకము (any color in plant or animal cells) · cmn 著色劑 /着色剂 (dry colorant) · fa رنگدانه (dry colorant) · nb pigment (any color in plant or animal cells) · el χρωστική ουσία (any color in plant or animal cells) · vo täin (any color in plant or animal cells) · nl pigment (dry colorant) · he פִּיגְמֶנְט (any color in plant or animal cells) · ja 色素 (any color in plant or animal cells) · ru пигме́нт (any color in plant or animal cells) · el βαφή (dry colorant) · fr pigment (any color in plant or animal cells) · nb pigment (dry colorant) · ja 顔料 (any color in plant or animal cells) · he צבען (dry colorant) · fi värijauhe (dry colorant) · he צבען (any color in plant or animal cells) · vi sắc tố (any color in plant or animal cells) · vo köl (any color in plant or animal cells) · es pigmento (dry colorant) · hy ներկանյութ (dry colorant) · tl dinsol (any color in plant or animal cells) · ro pigment (any color in plant or animal cells) · af pigment (any color in plant or animal cells) · ga lí (dry colorant) · fa رنگیزه (any color in plant or animal cells) · ro pigment (dry colorant) · hu pigment (any color in plant or animal cells) · sv pigment (any color in plant or animal cells) · nn pigment (dry colorant) · es pigmento (any color in plant or animal cells) · de Pigment (any color in plant or animal cells) · bg багрило (dry colorant) · fa پیگمنت (dry colorant) · pl pigment (dry colorant) · tr pigment (any color in plant or animal cells) · ru пигме́нт (dry colorant) · fi väriaine (dry colorant) · hy պիգմենտ (any color in plant or animal cells) · ast pigmentu (any color in plant or animal cells) · sv pigment (dry colorant) · cmn 顏料 /颜料 (dry colorant) · ru краси́тель (dry colorant) · gl pigmento (any color in plant or animal cells) · hy գունանյութ (dry colorant) · vi chất màu (dry colorant) · ca pigment (any color in plant or animal cells) · gl pigmento (dry colorant) · ja 顔料 (dry colorant) · ca pigment (dry colorant) · fi pigmentti (any color in plant or animal cells)