pigment

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. Any color in plant or animal cells
2. A dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder
3. (obsolete) Wine flavoured with spices and honey.

Verb

To add color or pigment to something.

Concepts

pigment

peinture

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colorant

teinte

peins

Synonymes

dye

paint

color

tint

colour

pigmentation

colorant

tincture

stain

tinge

chromaticity

colouring

cast

coloring

undertone

dyestuff

stipple

tone

discolor

hue

retinene

any colouring substance

different colours

coloring agent

brushwork

pigment colour

carmine

clay

colourant

complexion

dying

orpiment

painting

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paintwork

parget

perfuse

polishing

retinal

retouch

shade

suffuse

unguent

discolorise

discolorize

discolourise

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpɪɡ.mənt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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