pimiento

English

pimentoes, or, cherry peppers

Etymology

From Spanish pimiento (“bell pepper; later any pepper”), from Latin pigmentum (“coloring; colorful thing”), from pingō (“to paint”) and -mentum (“denoting instruments and results of actions”). Doublet of pigment, piment, and pimento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪˈmjɛntəʊ/
• IPA^(key): /pɪˈmjɛntoʊ/, /pɪˈmɛntoʊ/

Noun

pimiento (plural pimientos)

1. Synonym of pimento, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum.

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Spanish

pimiento

Etymology

From Latin pigmentum. Compare the borrowed doublet pigmento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈmjento/ [piˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]

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Noun

pimiento m (plural pimientos)

1. pepper (fruit of the capsicum)
2. pepper plant
3. (Spain, Mexico, Guatemala, Peru) bell pepper (ellipsis of pimiento morrón.)

Derived terms

• pimiento morrón

 

Further reading

• “pimiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014