Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pimento

/pɪˈmɛntoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables: pi-men-to
IPA: /pɪˈmɛntoʊ/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A red sweet pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum, used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice.

noun

A tropical berry used to make allspice.

noun

The tree on which it grows.

Example Sentences

"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."

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.

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: pimento, pigmentum

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /pɪˈmɛntoʊ/
British English: /pɪˈmɛntəʊ/

Inflected Forms

pimentos (plural) pimentoes (plural)

Phrases

pimento cheese pimento loaf

Synonyms

cherry pepper pimiento Spanish paprika allspice sweet pepper bell pepper paprika sweet pepper plant capsicum annuum grossum

Questions

How do you pronounce pimento?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɪˈmɛntoʊ/.
What does pimento mean?: A red sweet pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum, used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice.
Where does pimento come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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