piment
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French piment. See pimento, pimiento, and pigment.
Noun
[edit]piment (countable and uncountable, plural piments)
Translations
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References
[edit]- “piment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited 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
[edit]Noun
[edit]piment m (plural piments)
- chili, chili pepper
- (figuratively) spice (vigour)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “piment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Norman
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]piment m (plural piments)
- (Jersey) chili pepper, pimento
- (Jersey) balm
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