Pimenta

See also: pimenta

Translingual

Etymology

From Portuguese pimenta (“peppercorns”)

Proper noun

Pimenta f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Violaceae – certain trees of the American tropics.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids – clades; Myrtales – order; Myrtaceae – family; Myrtoideae – subfamily; Myrteae – tribe; Pimentinae – subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Pimenta dioica (allspice) – type species

References

• Pimenta (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pimenta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Pimenta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Pimenta.

Proper noun

Pimenta (plural Pimentas)

1. A surname from Portuguese.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pimenta is the 35057^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 643 individuals. Pimenta is most common among White (80.25%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pimenta”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Tepiman, naptime, paiment

Portuguese

Etymology

From pimenta (“pepper”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈmẽ.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈmẽ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈmẽ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /piˈmẽ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: Pi‧men‧ta
• Homophone: pimenta

Proper noun

Pimenta m or f by sense

1. a surname

Proper noun

Pimenta ?

1. a municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil