pigment
English
/ˈpɪɡ.mənt/
noun
Definitions
- (biology) Any color in plant or animal cells
- A dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder
- (obsolete) Wine flavoured with spices and honey.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pigment derived from Latin pigmentum (pigment, color, coloring, colorful thing, dye, colour, paint).
Origin
Latin
pigmentum
Gloss
pigment, color, coloring, colorful thing, dye, colour, paint
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acropigmentation English
- biopigment English
- copigment English
- copigmentation English
- cytopigment English
- depigment English
- depigmentation English
- dermapigmentation English
- dyspigmentation English
- hyperpigmentary English
- hyperpigmentation English
- hypopigmental English
- hypopigmentary English
- hypopigmentation English
- interpigment English
- lipopigment English
- malpigmentation English
- micropigmentation English
- nonpigmentary English
- overpigmentation English
- phaeopigment English
- pheopigment English
- photopigment English
- phytopigment English
- pigmental English
- pigmentary English
- pigmentate English
- pigmentation English
- pigmentational English
- pigmentless English
- pigmentlessness English
- pigmentlike English
- pigmentocracy English
- pigmentous English
- repigment English
- repigmentation English
- underpigmentation English
- pigmentarius Latin
- pigmentum Latin
- pingo Latin
- Pigment German
- pigmento Italian
- pigment Dutch, Flemish
- pigment French
- pigmento Spanish, Castilian
- pimiento Spanish, Castilian
- *peyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- pigment Norwegian Bokmål
- pigmento Portuguese
- pimento Portuguese
- pigment Norwegian Nynorsk
- pigment Middle English
- pigment Catalan, Valencian
- pemento Galician
- pigmento Galician
- pimienta Old Spanish
- copigment
- repigment
- pigmental
- depigment
- pigmentate
- pigmentary
- pigmentous
- biopigment
- pigmentless
- cytopigment
- pigmentlike
- pheopigment
- lipopigment
- pigmentation
- interpigment
- phytopigment
- photopigment
- phaeopigment
- hypopigmental
- pigmentocracy
- nonpigmentary
- repigmentation
- pigmentational
- copigmentation
- hypopigmentary
- depigmentation
- malpigmentation
- hyperpigmentary
- pigmentlessness
- dyspigmentation
- hypopigmentation
- acropigmentation
- overpigmentation
- micropigmentation
- hyperpigmentation
- dermapigmentation
- underpigmentation