"piment" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /pi.mɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-piment.ogg Forms: piments [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Latin pigmentum. In Old French, piment (also pimenc) had meant 'balsam, fragrant spice'. Certain modern senses represent semantic loans from Spanish pimiento. Doublet of pigment, a borrowing from Latin. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|la|pigmentum|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin pigmentum, {{inh+|fr|la|pigmentum}} Inherited from Latin pigmentum, {{m|fro|piment}} piment, {{m|fro|pimenc}} pimenc, {{cog|es|pimiento}} Spanish pimiento, {{doublet|fr|pigment}} Doublet of pigment Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} piment m (plural piments)
  1. chili, chili pepper Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-piment-fr-noun-hmBLkAJ6 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 97 3
  2. (figuratively) spice (vigour) Tags: figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-piment-fr-noun-3~N5Sa6O
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: piment de Cayenne, piment d’Espelette, piment enragé, pimenter

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for piment meaning in French (2.2kB)

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