pimiento

== English == === 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/ (US) IPA(key): /pɪˈmjɛntoʊ/, /pɪˈmɛntoʊ/ === Noun === pimiento (plural pimientos) Synonym of pimento, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum. == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin pigmentum. Compare the borrowed doublet pigmento. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /piˈmjento/ [piˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] Rhymes: -ento Syllabification: pi‧mien‧to === Noun === pimiento m (plural pimientos) pepper (fruit of the capsicum) pepper plant (Spain, Mexico, US, Guatemala, Peru) ellipsis of pimiento morrón (“bell pepper”) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: pimiento → Italian: pimento === Further reading === “pimiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025