pigment
pronunciation
How to pronounce pigment in British English:
UK [ˈpɪɡmənt]
How to pronounce pigment in American English:
US [ˈpɪɡmənt]
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- Noun:
- dry coloring matter (especially an insoluble powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint etc)
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- Verb:
- acquire pigment; become colored or imbued
- color or dye with a pigment
Word Origin
- pigment
- pigment: see picture
- pigment (n.)
- late 14c., from Latin pigmentum "coloring matter, pigment, paint," figuratively "ornament," from stem of pingere "to color, paint" (see paint (v.)). Variants of this word could have been known in Old English (compare 12c. pyhmentum). As a verb from 1900. Related: Pigmented; pigmenting.
Example
- 1. For example , beta carotene is the orange pigment in carrots .
- 2. However , as one ages , this pigment becomes less and less available .
- 3. A third set used a purple pigment .
- 4. However , why this pigment is there and what it might do was unknown .
- 5. Beneath that coating , a layer of yellow pigment rests on a layer of air .