pimento

See also: pimentò

English

pimentos

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɪˈmɛntəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /pɪˈmɛntoʊ/

  • Audio (US):

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Noun

pimento (plural pimentos or pimentoes)

1. A red sweet pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum, used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 14:

     In the Middle Ages, for instance, a recipe for sex stimulation required the putrefied flesh of a human corpse, together with both human and animal testes and ovaries, pimento, and alcohol.

2. A tropical berry used to make allspice.
3. The tree on which it grows.

Synonyms

• (red sweet pepper): cherry pepper, pimiento, Spanish paprika
• (tropical berry): allspice

Derived terms

• pimento cheese
• pimento loaf

Translations

red sweet pepper

• Arabic: فُلْفُل حُلُو m pl (fulful ḥulū)

  Egyptian Arabic: فلفل رومي m pl (felfel romi)

• Finnish: paprika (fi)
• Icelandic: allrahanda n
• Irish: pimeantó m
• Italian: pimento (it) m
• Polish: pimento (pl) n
• Portuguese: pimento (pt) m
• Spanish: pimentón (es)

tropical berry

• Basque: jamaikako piperbeltz
• Bulgarian: бахар (bg) m (bahar)
• Finnish: maustepippuri (fi), maustepippuripuun marja
• German: Piment (de) m or n
• Polish: ziele angielskie (pl) n

Anagrams

• emption

Finnish

Etymology

pimentää (“to darken”) +‎ -o

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpimento/, [ˈpime̞n̪t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -imento
• Syllabification^(key): pi‧men‧to
• Hyphenation^(key): pi‧men‧to

Noun

pimento

1. (figuratively) dark, darkness (place hidden from the sight)

   pitää joku pimennossa

   to keep someone in the dark

Declension

Inflection of pimento (Kotus type 1*J/valo, nt–nn gradation)
nominative		pimento	pimennot
genitive		pimennon	pimentojen
partitive		pimentoa	pimentoja
illative		pimentoon	pimentoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pimento	pimennot
accusative	nom.	pimento	pimennot
	gen.	pimennon
genitive		pimennon	pimentojen
partitive		pimentoa	pimentoja
inessive		pimennossa	pimennoissa
elative		pimennosta	pimennoista
illative		pimentoon	pimentoihin
adessive		pimennolla	pimennoilla
ablative		pimennolta	pimennoilta
allative		pimennolle	pimennoille
essive		pimentona	pimentoina
translative		pimennoksi	pimennoiksi
abessive		pimennotta	pimennoitta
instructive		—	pimennoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of pimento (Kotus type 1*J/valo, nt–nn gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pimentoni pimentoni accusative nom. pimentoni pimentoni gen. pimentoni genitive pimentoni pimentojeni partitive pimentoani pimentojani inessive pimennossani pimennoissani elative pimennostani pimennoistani illative pimentooni pimentoihini adessive pimennollani pimennoillani ablative pimennoltani pimennoiltani allative pimennolleni pimennoilleni essive pimentonani pimentoinani translative pimennokseni pimennoikseni abessive pimennottani pimennoittani instructive — — comitative — pimentoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pimentosi pimentosi accusative nom. pimentosi pimentosi gen. pimentosi genitive pimentosi pimentojesi partitive pimentoasi pimentojasi inessive pimennossasi pimennoissasi elative pimennostasi pimennoistasi illative pimentoosi pimentoihisi adessive pimennollasi pimennoillasi ablative pimennoltasi pimennoiltasi allative pimennollesi pimennoillesi essive pimentonasi pimentoinasi translative pimennoksesi pimennoiksesi abessive pimennottasi pimennoittasi instructive — — comitative — pimentoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pimentomme pimentomme accusative nom. pimentomme pimentomme gen. pimentomme genitive pimentomme pimentojemme partitive pimentoamme pimentojamme inessive pimennossamme pimennoissamme elative pimennostamme pimennoistamme illative pimentoomme pimentoihimme adessive pimennollamme pimennoillamme ablative pimennoltamme pimennoiltamme allative pimennollemme pimennoillemme essive pimentonamme pimentoinamme translative pimennoksemme pimennoiksemme abessive pimennottamme pimennoittamme instructive — — comitative — pimentoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pimentonne pimentonne accusative nom. pimentonne pimentonne gen. pimentonne genitive pimentonne pimentojenne partitive pimentoanne pimentojanne inessive pimennossanne pimennoissanne elative pimennostanne pimennoistanne illative pimentoonne pimentoihinne adessive pimennollanne pimennoillanne ablative pimennoltanne pimennoiltanne allative pimennollenne pimennoillenne essive pimentonanne pimentoinanne translative pimennoksenne pimennoiksenne abessive pimennottanne pimennoittanne instructive — — comitative — pimentoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative pimentonsa pimentonsa accusative nom. pimentonsa pimentonsa gen. pimentonsa genitive pimentonsa pimentojensa partitive pimentoaan pimentoansa pimentojaan pimentojansa inessive pimennossaan pimennossansa pimennoissaan pimennoissansa elative pimennostaan pimennostansa pimennoistaan pimennoistansa illative pimentoonsa pimentoihinsa adessive pimennollaan pimennollansa pimennoillaan pimennoillansa ablative pimennoltaan pimennoltansa pimennoiltaan pimennoiltansa allative pimennolleen pimennollensa pimennoilleen pimennoillensa essive pimentonaan pimentonansa pimentoinaan pimentoinansa translative pimennokseen pimennoksensa pimennoikseen pimennoiksensa abessive pimennottaan pimennottansa pimennoittaan pimennoittansa instructive — — comitative — pimentoineen pimentoinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• uutispimento

Related terms

• pimittää

Further reading

• “pimento”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈmento/ [piˈmẽn̪.t̪ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ento
• IPA^(key): /piˈmɛnto/ [piˈmɛ̃n̪.t̪ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: pi‧men‧to

Noun

pimento m (plural pimentos)

1. alternative form of pemento

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈmen.to/
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: pi‧mén‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French piment, Spanish pimiento, etc. from Latin pigmentum. Doublet of pigmento.

Noun

pimento m (plural pimenti)

1. pimento
2. allspice

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Italian piumento, from Latin pigmentum.

Noun

pimento m (plural pimenti) (archaic, regional)

1. alternative form of pigmento

Anagrams

• in tempo

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin pigmentum (“pigment”), from pingō (“to paint”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“spot, color”). Doublet of pigmento, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈmẽ.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /piˈmẽ.tu/

• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: pi‧men‧to

Noun

pimento m (plural pimentos)

1. (Portugal) sweet pepper, bell pepper (Capsicum annuum, an edible vegetable)

   Synonym: pimentão

Related terms

• pigmento
• pimenta

Descendants

• → English: pimento

Further reading

• “pimento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pimento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026