pimiento

English

pimentoes, or, cherry peppers

Etymology

From Spanish pimiento (“bell pepper; later any pepper”), from Latin pigmentum (“coloring; colorful thing”), from pingō (“to paint”) and -mentum (suffix denoting instruments and results of actions). Doublet of pigment, piment, and pimento.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɪˈmjɛntəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /pɪˈmjɛntoʊ/, /pɪˈmɛntoʊ/

Noun

pimiento (plural pimientos)

1. Synonym of pimento, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum.

Spanish

pimiento

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pigmentum. Compare the borrowed doublet pigmento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈmjento/ [piˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: pi‧mien‧to

Noun

pimiento m (plural pimientos)

1. pepper (fruit of the capsicum)
2. pepper plant
3. (Spain, Mexico, US, Guatemala, Peru) bell pepper (ellipsis of pimiento morrón.)

Derived terms

• pimiento morrón

 

Further reading

• “pimiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10