piment
English
Noun
piment (plural piments)
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(See the entry for piment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish pimiento, from Latin pigmentum. Doublet of pigment, a borrowing from Latin. See also the inherited Old French piment, pimenc ("spiced wine").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi.mɑ̃/
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “piment” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
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