# pigment
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English pigment, from Latin pigmentum (“pigment”), itself from pingō (“I paint”) + -mentum; variants of this word may have been known in Old English (e.g. 12th century pyhmentum). Doublet of pimiento, pimento, and piment.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɪɡ.mənt/
* Audio (UK):(file)

### Noun

pigment (plural pigments)
* (biology) Any color in plant or animal cells.
    Chlorophyll is the pigment responsible for most plants' green colouring.
* A dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder.
    Umber is a pigment made from clay containing iron and manganese oxide.
* (obsolete) Wine flavoured with spices and honey.
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#### Derived terms

* accessory pigment
* azo pigment
* bile pigment
* fugitive pigment
* lake pigment
* pigmentary
* pigment dispersion syndrome
* pigmenturia
* respiratory pigment

#### Translations

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### Verb

pigment (third-person singular simple present pigments, present participle pigmenting, simple past and past participle pigmented)
* (transitive) To add color or pigment to something.

#### Derived terms

* pigmentation

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* empting, temping

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pigmentum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [piɡˈmen]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [piɡˈment]

### Noun

pigment m (plural pigments)
* pigment

#### Derived terms

* pigmentar

#### Related terms

* pigmentari
* pigmentat

### Further reading

* “pigment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “pigment”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “pigment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “pigment” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pigmentum (“pigment”), itself from pingō (“I paint”) + -mentum.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: pig‧ment
* Rhymes: -ɛnt

### Noun

pigment n (plural pigmenten, diminutive pigmentje n)
* pigment, coloring substance

#### Derived terms

* pigmentatie
* pigmenteren
* pigmentering
* pigmentpapier n
* pigmentvreter m

#### Related terms

* kleurstof

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pigmentum (“pigment”), itself from pingō (“to paint”) + -mentum. Doublet of piment, a borrowing from Spanish.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /piɡ.mɑ̃/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Canada):(file)

### Noun

pigment m (plural pigments)
* pigment, coloring substance

#### Derived terms

* pigmentaire
* pigmentation
* pigmenter

### Further reading

* “pigment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* pygment

### Etymology

From Latin pigmentum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpiɡmɛnt/

### Noun

pigment (plural pigmentes)
* A spice or a blend of them.
* A red pigment.

#### Descendants

* English: pigment

#### References

* “pigment, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pigmentum.

### Noun

pigment n (definite singular pigmentet, indefinite plural pigment or pigmenter, definite plural pigmenta or pigmentene)
* a pigment

### References

* “pigment” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pigmentum.

### Noun

pigment n (definite singular pigmentet, indefinite plural pigment, definite plural pigmenta)
* a pigment

### References

* “pigment” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pigmentum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpiɡ.mɛnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -iɡmɛnt
* Syllabification: pig‧ment

### Noun

pigment m inan
* (biology) pigment (any color in plant or animal cells)
* pigment (dry colorant)

#### Derived terms

* pigmentowany
* pigmentowy

#### Related terms

* pigmentacyjny
* pigmentacja

### Further reading

* pigment in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* pigment in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French pigment, Latin pigmentum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /piɡˈment/

### Noun

pigment n (plural pigmenți)
* pigment

#### Related terms

* pigmenta
* pigmentație

### Further reading

* pigment in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From German Pigment, from Latin pigmentum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pǐɡment/
* Hyphenation: pi‧gment

### Noun

pìgment m (Cyrillic spelling пѝгмент)
* pigment

#### Declension
### References

* “pigment”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

pigment n
* (biology) pigment
* pigment (in paint)

#### See also

* färgämne

### References

* pigment in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* pigment in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* pigment in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)