pimento en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese pimento (“bell pepper; later any pepper”), similar to Spanish pimiento, from Latin pigmentum (“coloring; colorful thing”), from pingo (“paint”) and -mentum (suffix denoting instruments and results of actions). Doublet of pigment, piment, and pimiento.
Meanings
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A red sweet pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum, used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice.
In the Middle Ages, for instance, a recipe for sex stimulation required the putrefied flesh of a human corpse, together with both human and animal testes and ovaries, pimento, and alcohol.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 14:
- A tropical berry used to make allspice.
- The tree on which it grows.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pimentoes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| pimentos | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
cherry pepper (red sweet pepper) · pimiento (red sweet pepper) · allspice (tropical berry) · Spanish paprika (red sweet pepper)
Translations (15)
arz فلفل رومي (red sweet pepper) · de Piment (tropical berry) · ga pimeantó (red sweet pepper) · bg бахар (tropical berry) · ar فُلْفُل حُلُو (red sweet pepper) · fi maustepippuri (tropical berry) · pl ziele angielskie (tropical berry) · it pimento (red sweet pepper) · pt pimento (red sweet pepper) · eu jamaikako piperbeltz (tropical berry) · pl pimento (red sweet pepper) · fi maustepippuripuun marja (tropical berry) · is allrahanda (red sweet pepper) · fi paprika (red sweet pepper) · es pimentón (red sweet pepper)