pimienta

From pimiento (“pepper plant”), from Latin pigmentum (“color, pigment”).

• IPA^(key): [piˈmjẽn.ta]

pimienta f (usually uncountable)

1. pepper, peppercorns
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 4r.

     Negra es de color ¬ pareſce en ella ya q́to de uermeiura; aſſi que ſemeia alos granos dela pimienta.

     It is black in color, but it also has to it some redness, so that it resembles peppercorns.

• pimiento

• Spanish: pimienta

From Old Spanish pimienta, from pimiento (“pepper plant”), from Latin pigmentum (“color, pigment”).

• IPA^(key): /piˈmjenta/, [piˈmjẽn̪t̪a]
• Rhymes: -enta

pimienta f (plural pimientas)

1. pepper (herb, peppercorns)

• pimiento
• pimentón