pigment
Meaning of pigment
noun
- the natural colouring matter of animal or plant tissue.
carotenoid pigments are red, orange, or yellow
the loss of pigment in the skin
- colour (something) with or as if with pigment.
the therapy masks the appearance of stretch marks by pigmenting skin
Middle English, from Latin pigmentum, from pingere ‘to paint’. The verb dates from the late 19th century.
Information about pigment
- The plural form of pigment is: pigments.
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CatalanHyphenation of pigment
pig-ment
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- pigment is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Translation of pigment
- Spanish: pigmento
Anagrams of pigment
Words that rhyme with pigment
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