pimienta

See also: Pimienta

Old Spanish

Etymology

From pimiento (“pepper plant”), from Latin pigmentum (“color, pigment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈmjenta/

Noun

pimienta f (usually uncountable)

1. pepper, peppercorns
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 4r:

     Negra es de color ⁊ pareſce en ella ya q̃to de uermeiura; aſſi que ſemeia alos granos dela pimienta.

     It is black in color, but it also has to it some redness, so that it resembles peppercorns.

Related terms

• pimiento

Descendants

• Spanish: pimienta

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish pimienta, from pimiento (“pepper plant”), from Latin pigmentum (“color, pigment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈmjenta/ [piˈmjẽn̪.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -enta
• Syllabification: pi‧mien‧ta

Noun

pimienta f (plural pimientas)

1. pepper (herb, peppercorns)

Derived terms

• aerosol de pimienta
• pimienta blanca
• pimienta de Cayena
• pimienta de Guinea
• pimienta de Jamaica
• pimienta negra
• pimienta verde
• salsa de pimienta
• spray de pimienta

 

Related terms

• pimentón
• pimiento

 

Further reading

• “pimienta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16