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pig·ment

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–noun

1.	a dry insoluble substance, usually pulverized, which when suspended in a liquid vehicle becomes a paint, ink, etc.

2.	a coloring matter or substance.

3.	Biology. any substance whose presence in the tissues or cells of animals or plants colors them.

–verb (used with object)

4.	to color; add pigment to.

–verb (used without object)

5.	to become pigmented; acquire color; develop pigmentation: a poor quality of paper that doesn't pigment well.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L pigmentum paint, equiv. to pig- (s. of pingere to paint) + -mentum -ment

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pig·ment Audio Help (pĭg'mənt) Pronunciation Key
n.

A substance used as coloring.
Dry coloring matter, usually an insoluble powder, to be mixed with water, oil, or another base to produce paint and similar products.
A substance, such as chlorophyll or melanin, that produces a characteristic color in plant or animal tissue.

tr.v. pig·ment·ed, pig·ment·ing, pig·ments
To color with pigment.

[Middle English, spice, red dye, from Latin pigmentum, from pingere, to paint; see peig- in Indo-European roots.]

pig'men·tar'y (pĭg'mən-těr'ē) adj.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
pigment

1398, from L. pigmentum "coloring matter, pigment, paint," from root of pingere "to color, paint" (see paint). Variants of this word may have been known in O.E. (e.g. 12c. pyhmentum).

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pigment
noun
1.	dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)
2.	any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color
3.	a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating; "artists use 'paint' and 'pigment' interchangeably" [syn: paint]
verb
1.	acquire pigment; become colored or imbued
2.	color or dye with a pigment; "pigment a photograph"

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
pigment1 [ˈpigmənt] noun

any substance used for colouring, making paint etc
Example: People used to make paint and dyes from natural pigments.

Arabic:	صِبْغ، خِضْب
Chinese (Simplified):	颜料
Chinese (Traditional):	顏料
Czech:	barvivo
Danish:	farvestof
Dutch:	kleurstof
Estonian:	värvaine
Finnish:	väriaine
French:	pigment
German:	der Farbstoff
Greek:	βαφή
Hungarian:	festőanyag
Icelandic:	litarefni
Indonesian:	zat warna
Italian:	pigmento

Japanese:	顔料
Korean:	그림 물감, 도료
Lithuanian:	pigmentas
Norwegian:	fargestoff, pigmentfarge
Polish:	barwnik
Portuguese (Brazil):	pigmento
Portuguese (Portugal):	pigmento
Romanian:	pigment
Russian:	красящее вещество
Slovak:	farbivo
Slovenian:	barvilo
Spanish:	pigmento
Swedish:	pigment, färgämne
Turkish:	boya maddesi

pigment2 [ˈpigmənt] noun

a substance in plants or animals that gives colour to the skin, leaves etc
Example: Some people have darker pigment in their skin than others.

Arabic:	مادّةٌ تُعْطي الجِلْدَ لَونه
Chinese (Simplified):	色素
Chinese (Traditional):	色素
Czech:	pigment
Danish:	pigment
Dutch:	pigment
Estonian:	pigment
Finnish:	pigmentti
French:	pigment
German:	das Pigment
Greek:	χρωστική ουσία
Hungarian:	pigment
Icelandic:	litarefni
Indonesian:	pigmen
Italian:	pigmento

Japanese:	色素
Korean:	색소
Latvian:	pigments
Lithuanian:	pigmentas
Norwegian:	pigment
Polish:	pigment
Portuguese (Brazil):	pigmento
Portuguese (Portugal):	pigmento
Romanian:	pigment
Russian:	пигмент
Slovak:	pigment
Slovenian:	pigment
Spanish:	pigmento
Swedish:	pigment
Turkish:	pigment

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The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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An organic compound that gives a characteristic color to plant or animal tissues and is involved in vital processes. Chlorophyll, which gives a green color to plants, and hemoglobin, which gives blood its red color, are examples of pigments.
A substance or material used as coloring.

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pig·ment (pgmnt)
n.

A substance used as coloring.
Dry coloring matter, usually an insoluble powder to be mixed with water, oil, or another base to produce paint and similar products.
A substance that produces a characteristic color in tissue.
A medicinal preparation applied to the skin like paint.

v. pig·ment·ed, pig·ment·ing, pig·ments

To color with pigment.

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: pig·ment
Pronunciation: 'pig-m&nt
Function: noun
: a coloring matter in animals and plants especially in a cell or tissue; also : any of various related colorless substances

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Pigment

Or"pi*ment\, n. [F., fr. L. auripigmentum; aurum gold + pigmentum pigment. Cf. Aureate, Pigment, Orpin, Orpine.] (Chem.) Arsenic sesquisulphide, produced artificially as an amorphous lemonyellow powder, and occurring naturally as a yellow crystalline mineral; -- formerly called auripigment. It is used in king's yellow, in white Indian fire, and in certain technical processes, as indigo printing.

Our orpiment and sublimed mercurie. --Chaucer.

Red orpiment, realgar; the red sulphide of arsenic.

Yellow orpiment, king's yellow.

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