pigment

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

pigmento

pigment

Pigment

Farbstoff

pigmento

pigmento

pigment

βαφή

pigment

χρώμα

Farbstoffteilchen

μπογιά

kleurstof

peinture

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɪɡ.mənt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: pigment

In summary

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.