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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pig•ment /ˈpɪgmənt/USA pronunciation n. - a dry substance that when mixed in liquid becomes a paint, etc.: [uncountable]mixing pigment to form paint.[countable]various pigments needed to produce that color.
- any natural coloring substance, as chlorophyll or hemoglobin, that produces color in living things:[uncountable]the light blue pigment in her eyes.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pig•ment (pig′mənt),USA pronunciation n. - a dry insoluble substance, usually pulverized, which when suspended in a liquid vehicle becomes a paint, ink, etc.
- a coloring matter or substance.
- Cell Biology[Biol.]any substance whose presence in the tissues or cells of animals or plants colors them.
v.t. - to color;
add pigment to. v.i. - to become pigmented;
acquire color; develop pigmentation:a poor quality of paper that doesn't pigment well.
- Latin pigmentum paint, equivalent. to pig- (stem of pingere to paint) + -mentum -ment
- Middle English 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pigment /ˈpɪɡmənt/ n - a substance occurring in plant or animal tissue and producing a characteristic colour, such as chlorophyll in green plants and haemoglobin in red blood
- any substance used to impart colour
- a powder that is mixed with a liquid to give a paint, ink, etc
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin pigmentum, from pingere to paintˈpigmentary adj |