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Pimento
Webster 1828 Edition
Pimento
PIMEN'TO
,Noun.
Definition 2024
pimento
pimento
See also: pimentò
English
pimentoes, or, cherry peppers
Noun
pimento (plural pimentos or pimentoes)
- A red sweet pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum, used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice.
- A tropical berry used to make allspice.
Synonyms
- (red sweet pepper): cherry pepper, pimiento, Spanish paprika
- (tropical berry): allspice
Translations
red sweet pepper
tropical berry
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Finnish
Etymology
From the adjective pimeä (“dark”)
Noun
pimento
Declension
| Inflection of pimento (Kotus type 1/valo, nt-nn gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pimento | pimennot | |
| genitive | pimennon | pimentojen | |
| partitive | pimentoa | pimentoja | |
| illative | pimentoon | pimentoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pimento | pimennot | |
| accusative | nom. | pimento | pimennot |
| gen. | pimennon | ||
| genitive | pimennon | pimentojen | |
| partitive | pimentoa | pimentoja | |
| inessive | pimennossa | pimennoissa | |
| elative | pimennosta | pimennoista | |
| illative | pimentoon | pimentoihin | |
| adessive | pimennolla | pimennoilla | |
| ablative | pimennolta | pimennoilta | |
| allative | pimennolle | pimennoille | |
| essive | pimentona | pimentoina | |
| translative | pimennoksi | pimennoiksi | |
| instructive | — | pimennoin | |
| abessive | pimennotta | pimennoitta | |
| comitative | — | pimentoineen | |
Related terms
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin pigmentum (“pigment”), from pingō (“I paint”), Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“spot, color”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pimento m (plural pimentos)
- bell pepper (Capsicum annuum, an edible vegetable)