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pigment

/ˈpɪɡ.mənt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables
pig-ment
IPA
/ˈpɪɡ.mənt/
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any color in plant or animal cells.

noun

A dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder.

noun

Wine flavoured with spices and honey.

Obsolete

verb

To add color or pigment to something.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English pigment, from Latin pigmentum (“pigment”), itself from pingō (“to paint”) + -mentum; variants of this word may have been known in Old English (e.g. 12th century pyhmentum). Doublet of pimiento, pimento, and piment.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: pigment, pigmentum

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈpɪɡ.mənt/
  • British English: /ˈpɪɡ.mənt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

pigments (plural) pigments (present, singular) pigmenting (participle, present) pigmented (participle, past) pigmented (past)

Derived Forms

biopigment copigment cytopigment depigment interpigment lipopigment nonpigment phaeopigment pheopigment photopigment phytopigment pigmental

Phrases

accessory pigment azo pigment bile pigment fugitive pigment lake pigment pigment dispersion syndrome respiratory pigment

Synonyms

paint

Rhymes With

zygmunt

Questions

How do you pronounce pigment?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɪɡ.mənt/.
What does pigment mean?
Any color in plant or animal cells.
Where does pigment come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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