pimento

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɪˈmɛntəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pɪˈmɛntoʊ/

pimento (plural pimentos or pimentoes)

1. A red sweet pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum, used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice.
2. A tropical berry used to make allspice.
3. The tree on which it grows.

• (red sweet pepper): cherry pepper, pimiento, Spanish paprika
• (tropical berry): allspice

• emption

From the adjective pimeä (“dark”)

pimento

1. (figuratively) dark, darkness (place hidden from the sight).

   pitää joku pimennossa

   to keep someone in the dark

• pimittää

pimento m (plural pimentos)

1. Alternative form of pemento

Borrowed from French piment, Spanish pimiento, etc. from Latin pigmentum. Doublet of pigmento.

pimento m (plural pimenti)

1. pimento
2. allspice

• in tempo

From Old Portuguese [Term?], from Latin pigmentum (“pigment”), from pingō (“I paint”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“spot, color”). Doublet of pigmento, a borrowing.

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.ˈmẽ.tu/
• Hyphenation: pi‧men‧to

pimento m (plural pimentos)

1. bell pepper (Capsicum annuum, an edible vegetable)

• pimentão

• pigmento
• pimenta