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pimiento

/pɪˈmjɛntəʊ/US/pɪˈmjɛntoʊ/

pimiento noun: synonym of pimento, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum.

pimiento: synonym of pimento, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum
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Noun

pimiento (plural pimientos)

  1. Synonym of pimento, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum.
    Synonyms:
    pimento

pimiento meaning in Tamil

pimiento in Tamil

இது பழவகைகளுள் ஒன்றாகும்

Synonyms of pimiento

Forms of pimiento

pluralpimientos

Origin of pimiento

From Spanish pimiento (“bell pepper; later any pepper”), from Latin pigmentum (“coloring; colorful thing”), from pingō (“to paint”) and -mentum (suffix denoting instruments and results of actions). Doublet of pigment, piment, and pimento.

Questions about pimiento

What does pimiento mean?
Pimiento means synonym of pimento, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum.
What is pimiento in Tamil?
Pimiento in Tamil is இது பழவகைகளுள் ஒன்றாகும். See Pimiento meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pimiento?
Pimiento is a noun.
How do you pronounce pimiento?
Pimiento is pronounced /pɪˈmjɛntəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of pimiento?
The plural of pimiento is pimientos.

Words near pimiento in the dictionary

  1. pimgenet
  2. pimgenets
  3. Pimhill
  4. Pimienta
  5. Pimientas
  6. pimiento
  7. pimientoes
  8. pimientos
  9. pimilprost
  10. piminodine
  11. pimivalimab

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pimiento (page history and authors); pimiento (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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