pigmentum

Meaning

1. (declension-2) A material for coloring; color, paint, pigment, dye.
2. (declension-2, figuratively) Ornament, coloring.

Concepts

paint

dye

dyestuff

hue

ink

painting

🖼️

paintwork

parget

brushwork

pigment

colouring

Synonyms

color

venenum

Translations

Farbe

pintura

🖼️

pintura

🖼️

colore

tinta

verf

boya

vernice

peinture

🖼️

βαφή

χρώμα

pittura

🖼️

Lack

Farbstoff

Pronounced as (IPA)

[piːɡˈmɛn.tũː]

Etymology

Equivalent to pingō (“to paint”) + -mentum (suffix denoting the instrument or result of an action), ultimately from the root of Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ-.