Masculine
piment
Meaning
- (masculine) chili, chili pepper
- (figuratively, masculine) spice (vigour)
Concepts
Capsicum annuum longum
chilli ¤
South-East Asia
Translations
peperoncino
Chili
chile
pimento
chilipeper
biber
bitxoFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pi.mɑ̃/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Latin pigmentum. In Old French, piment (also pimenc) had meant 'balsam, fragrant spice'. Certain modern senses represent semantic loans from Spanish pimiento. Doublet of pigment, a borrowing from Latin.
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