Pigment

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈpɪɡ.mənt

Definitions

Any color in plant or animal cells.
A dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder.
Wine flavoured with spices and honey.
obsolete

Equivalents

Españolpigmentar pigmento

Françaispigment

DeutschFarbpigment Farbstoff Pigmentpigmentieren

29 more languages

العربيةالصبغة خضاب دم

Българскибагри́ло оцветявам

Bosanskili pigment variпигмент

Catalàpigment pigmentar

Češtinabarvivo

Ελληνικάβαφή

Suomipigmentti väri väriainevärijauhe värjätä

Gaeilgelí

Gàidhligdath

हिन्दीरंजक

Hrvatskili pigment variпигмент

Bahasa Indonesiapigmen

日本語色素顔料

ქართულიპიგმენტი

한국어색소

Kurdîli

Latinacolor pigmentum

Te Reo Māorikano tae

Nederlandskleuren kleurstof pigmentpigmenteren

Portuguêspigmentar pigmento

Românăpigmenta

Русскийкраситель пигмент

Српскиli pigment variпигмент

Svenskapigment

Tagalogdinsol

Українськабарвник фарбник

Tiếng Việtsắc tố

Examples

“Chlorophyll is the pigment responsible for most plants' green colouring.”

“Umber is a pigment made from clay containing iron ⟳ and manganese oxide.”

“Oswald, broach the oldest wine-cask; place ⟳ the best mead, the richest morat, the most sparkling cyder, the most odoriferous pigment, upon the board ⟳; […]”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

pigment dispersion syndrome Pigmentation Pigmentations Pigmented Pigmenting pigmentlessness

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