pimienta

See also: Pimienta

Old Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piˈmjenta/

Noun

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.

Descendants

  • Spanish: pimienta

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piˈmjenta/ [piˈmjẽn̪.t̪a]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -enta
  • Syllabification: pi‧mien‧ta

Noun

pimienta f (plural pimientas)

  1. pepper (herb, peppercorns)

Derived terms

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