"pimento" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɪˈmɛntəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɪˈmɛntoʊ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pimento.wav [Southern-England], En-US pimento.ogg [US] Forms: pimentos [plural], pimentoes [plural]
Etymology: 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 pigment, piment, and pimiento. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|pt|pimento||bell pepper; later any pepper}} Portuguese pimento (“bell pepper; later any pepper”), {{m|es|pimiento}} pimiento, {{der|en|la|pigmentum||coloring; colorful thing}} Latin pigmentum (“coloring; colorful thing”), {{m|la|pingo||paint}} pingo (“paint”), {{m|la|-mentum|pos=suffix denoting instruments and results of actions}} -mentum (suffix denoting instruments and results of actions), {{doublet|en|pigment|piment|pimiento}} Doublet of pigment, piment, and pimiento Head templates: {{en-noun|s|pimentoes}} 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. Categories (topical): Spices and herbs Categories (lifeform): Laurel family plants, Peppers Synonyms (red sweet pepper): cherry pepper, pimiento, Spanish paprika Translations (red sweet pepper): فُلْفُل حُلُو (fulful ḥulū) [masculine, plural] (Arabic), فلفل رومي (felfel romi) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine, plural] (Arabic), paprika (Finnish), allrahanda [neuter] (Icelandic), pimeantó [masculine] (Irish), pimento [masculine] (Italian), pimento [masculine] (Portuguese), pimentón (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pimento-en-noun-hzcp2ZWy Disambiguation of Spices and herbs: 47 45 8 Disambiguation of Laurel family plants: 71 9 20 Disambiguation of Peppers: 55 34 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 4 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 83 5 12 Disambiguation of 'red sweet pepper': 95 1 4 Disambiguation of 'red sweet pepper': 95 1 4
  2. A tropical berry used to make allspice. Categories (topical): Spices and herbs Synonyms (tropical berry): allspice Translations (tropical berry): jamaikako piperbeltz (Basque), бахар (bahar) [masculine] (Bulgarian), maustepippuri (Finnish), maustepippuripuun marja (Finnish), Piment [masculine, neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-pimento-en-noun-hbBU3CNq Disambiguation of Spices and herbs: 47 45 8 Disambiguation of 'tropical berry': 0 99 0 Disambiguation of 'tropical berry': 0 99 0
  3. The tree on which it grows.
    Sense id: en-pimento-en-noun-t23-aU~O
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pimento cheese, pimento loaf

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