piment
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French piment. See pimento, pimiento, and pigment.
Noun
piment (plural piments)
- (obsolete) wine flavoured with spices or honey
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for piment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- pitmen
French
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi.mɑ̃/
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Noun
piment m (plural piments)
- (cooking) spice
- chili, chili pepper
- (figuratively) spice (vigour)
Derived terms
- piment de Cayenne
- piment d'Espelette
- piment enragé
- pimenter
Descendants
→ Japanese: ピーマン
→ Korean: 피망 (pimang)
Further reading
- “piment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from French piment.
Noun
piment m (plural piments)
- (Jersey) chili pepper, pimento
- (Jersey) balm