piment

French

noun
Definitions
  • (cooking) spice
  • chili, chili pepper
  • (figuratively) spice (vigour).

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian pimiento (bell pepper, later any pepper) 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

塗

Emoji
🌈 🖨️ 👨‍🎨 👩‍🎨 🖌️ 🖍️

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