piment

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French piment. See pimento, pimiento, and pigment.

Noun

piment (plural piments)

  1. (obsolete) wine flavoured with spices or honey

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for piment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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French

Etymology

From Latin pigmentum. In Old French, piment (also pimenc) had meant 'balsam, fragrant spice'. Certain modern senses represent semantic loans from Spanish pimiento. Doublet of pigment, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pi.mɑ̃/
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Noun

piment m (plural piments)

  1. (cooking) spice
  2. chili, chili pepper
  3. (figuratively) spice (vigour)

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Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French piment.

Noun

piment m (plural piments)

  1. (Jersey) chili pepper, pimento
  2. (Jersey) balm