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Definition: Pimento |
PimentoNoun1. Plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers. 2. Fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pimento" was first used: 1690. (references) |
Etymology: Pimento \Pi*men"to\, noun. [from Spanish expression pimiento, pimienta; compare to Portuguese pimenta, French piment; all from Latin pigmentum paint, pigment, the juice of plants; hence, something spicy and aromatic. See Pigment.]. (references) |
Synonyms: PimentoSynonyms: bell pepper (n), paprika (n), pimiento (n), sweet pepper (n), sweet pepper plant (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Condiment | Salt; mustard, grey poupon mustard; pepper, black pepper, white pepper, peppercorn, curry, sauce piquante; caviare, onion, garlic, pickle; achar, allspice; bell pepper, Jamaica pepper, green pepper; chutney; cubeb, pimento. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Pimento |
| English words defined with "pimento": Eugenol ♦ green olive ♦ pimento butter. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "pimento": Piment. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Pimento" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (pimento), Portuguese (capsicum, pimento). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall (1942) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Trade | Jamaica | These include ammunition, crocodiles, crocodile eggs, eggs, antique furniture, gold bullion and fully or semi-manufactured gold, minerals and metals including bauxite, alumina, gypsum, antique paintings, pimento, sugar, plasma, lignum vitae and log wood, petroleum products, motor vehicles (including bodies and auto parts) as well as live animals and shells subject to the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) administered by National Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) in Jamaica. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Pimento" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Pimento" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
1. Pimento, IN |
Expressions using "pimento": pimento butter ♦ pimento tree. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
pimento | 71 |
cheese pimento | 42 |
cheese pimento recipe | 39 |
cheese pimento spread | 14 |
cheese pimento recipe spread | 8 |
moida pimento | 6 |
beef jerky pimento | 5 |
pimento wood | 5 |
pepper pimento | 4 |
beef flavoring jerky pimento | 4 |
cheese pimento sandwich | 3 |
cheese homemade pimento | 3 |
olive pimento provence tapenade | 3 |
pimento saw | 2 |
pimento in | 2 |
pimento spread | 2 |
cheese pimento price | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "pimento"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | فلفل حلو (paprika), فلفل أسباني. (various references) | |
Chinese | 多香果 (Allspice). (various references) | |
Czech | malý strom, jamajský pepř. (various references) | |
Danish | krydderier af arterne Capsicum og Pimenta (pimento of the genus Capsicum, pimento of the genus Pimenta). (various references) | |
Dutch | Pimentasoorten (pimento of the genus Capsicum, pimento of the genus Pimenta), piment van Capsicumsoorten (pimento of the genus Capsicum, pimento of the genus Pimenta), piment (pimento of the genus Capsicum, pimento of the genus Pimenta). (various references) | |
Farsi | فلفل فرنگی شیرین(گ.ش.), فلفل گینه . (various references) | |
French | piments du genre "Pimenta" (pimento of the genus Capsicum, pimento of the genus Pimenta), piments du genre "Capsicum" (pimento of the genus Capsicum, pimento of the genus Pimenta), piments (pimento of the genus Capsicum, pimento of the genus Pimenta), piment type Jamaïque, piment de la Jamaïque (pimenta), piment. (various references) | |
German | Piment (allspice). (various references) | |
Greek | πιπεριές του γένους "Capsicum" (pimento of the genus Capsicum, pimento of the genus Pimenta), αρωματικό πιπέρι. (various references) | |
Hebrew | פימ טו, פלפל ספר"י. (various references) | |
Hungarian | spanyol paprika. (various references) | |
Italian | pimento (allspice, Jamaica pepper, pimenta), pimenti del genere "Pimenta" (pimento of the genus Capsicum, pimento of the genus Pimenta), pimenti del genere "Capsicum" (pimento of the genus Capsicum, pimento of the genus Pimenta), pimenti (pimento of the genus Capsicum, pimento of the genus Pimenta). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | "ル風 (binding, bingo, eddies of wind around high buildings, foot fastening, green pepper, pea coat, pea jacket, peace, peach, peacock, peahen, peak, peanut, peanut butter, peanuts, peas, peek, peep show, Peeping Tom, people, people's capitalism, Peter Pan syndrome, Piaget, pianica, pianist, piano, piano and harmonica, piazza, piece, piecework, piercer, PR, public relations, Russian food, velvet, village, vintage, vintage year). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | "ーマン (green pepper). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | imentopay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | pimentos do género "pimenta" (pimento of the genus Capsicum, pimento of the genus Pimenta), pimentos do género "capsicum" (pimento of the genus Capsicum, pimento of the genus Pimenta), pimentos (capsicum, pimento of the genus Capsicum, pimento of the genus Pimenta, red pepper), pimento (capsicum), pimenta-de-cora, pimenta-da-jamaica, pimentão doce (bonnet pepper). (various references) | |
Romanian | cuişoare. (various references) | |
Russian | стручковый перец (capsicum, pimiento), перец гвоздичный, перец душистый. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | piment. (various references) | |
Spanish | pimientos del género Pimienta (pimento of the genus Capsicum, pimento of the genus Pimenta), pimientos del género Capiscum (pimento of the genus Capsicum, pimento of the genus Pimenta), pimientos (capsicum, pimento of the genus Capsicum, pimento of the genus Pimenta, red pepper), pimiento morrón (pimiento, sweet pepper), pimienta de jamaica (allspice). (various references) | |
Swedish | paprika (paprika, pepper), spansk peppar (capsicum), kryddpeppar (allspice). (various references) | |
Turkish | yenibahar (allspice). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | гвоздичний перець, запашний перець, пімент (allspice). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | ớt Gia-mai-ca cây ớt Gia-mai-ca. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | pigmentum, Pimenta dioica Merrill. (various references) |
| Spanish | 900-Modern | pimiento. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pimento": pimentos. (additional references) | |
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"Pimento" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cimento, Gimeno, Ipsenta, Niamanto, Pamment, peimento, Penventon, piemento, pient, pigmenti, pimen, Piment, pimental, pimentao, pimentoe, piments, Ponente, Pynsent. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "pimento" (pronounced 'Pi*men"to'): Agitato, Allegretto, Anito, Araguato, Arnatto, Assiento, Avigato, Ayuntamiento, Bassetto, Basto, Braziletto, Busto, Canoncito, Canto, Carapato, Castrato, Cavetto, Cento, Cinquecento, Concerto, Concetto, Contrafagetto, Cornuto, Corvetto, Couranto, Devoto, Ferretto, Flauto, Fugato, Giusto, graffito, grotto, gusto, impasto, inamorato, junto, larghetto, legato, lento, libretto, lotto, manifesto, Manto, Marcato, memento, Misurato, moderato, molto, mosquito, Moto. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-m-n-o-p-t" | |
-1 letter: impone, optime, pitmen, pointe, potmen. | |
-2 letters: inept, monie, monte, netop, opine, pinot, pinto, piton, point, tempi, tempo. | |
-3 letters: emit, into, item, meno, mien, mine, mint, mite, mope, mote, nite, nome, nope, note, omen, omit, open, pein, pent, peon, pine, pint, pion, poem, poet, pome, pone, temp, time, tine, tome, tone, tope, topi. | |
-4 letters: eon. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-m-n-o-p-t" | |
+1 letter: impotent, nepotism, orpiment, pentomic, piedmont, pimentos, pimiento, pivotmen, pointmen, ptomaine. | |
+2 letters: coempting, competing, exemption, importune, impotence, impotency, impotents, nepotisms, orpiments, pantomime, piedmonts, pimientos, prominent, protamine, ptomaines, simpleton. | |
+3 letters: completing, completion, compliment, embonpoint, exemptions, idempotent, importance, importuned, importuner, importunes, impotences, impotently, incomplete, mentorship, mispointed, omnipotent, pantomimed, pantomimes, peritoneum, permeation, phonematic, pitchwomen, portamenti, preemption, premoisten, protamines, redemption, resumption, simpletons, temptation, toponymies, trampoline. | |
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