noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Coloration of human, plant or animal tissue, especially by pigment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
coloration of living tissues by pigment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: depigmentation
Broader terms: coloration, colouration
Narrower terms: chromatism, melanoderma
3
noun
Meaning 3
the deposition of pigment in animals or plants or human beings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: deposition, deposit
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English pigment Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English pigmentation From pigment + -ation.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
пигментация
(pigmentacija)
— coloration of tissue
Catalan:
pigmentació
— coloration of tissue
Chinese Mandarin:
皮膚色素
— coloration of tissue
Chinese Mandarin:
皮肤色素
(pífū sèsù)
— coloration of tissue
Chinese Mandarin:
天然顏色
(tiānrán yánsè)
— coloration of tissue
Finnish:
pigmentaatio
— coloration of tissue
Finnish:
värjääntyminen
— coloration of tissue
Finnish:
väritys
— coloration of tissue
French:
pigmentation
— coloration of tissue
German:
Pigmentierung
— coloration of tissue
Greek:
χρώση
(chrósi)
— coloration of tissue
Hungarian:
pigmentáció
— coloration of tissue
Italian:
pigmentazione
— coloration of tissue
Japanese:
色素沈着
(shikiso chinchaku)
— coloration of tissue
Norwegian Bokmål:
pigmentering
— coloration of tissue
Norwegian Nynorsk:
pigmentering
— coloration of tissue
Portuguese:
pigmentação
— coloration of tissue
Romanian:
pigmentare
— coloration of tissue
Romanian:
pigmentație
— coloration of tissue
Russian:
пигмента́ция
(pigmentácija)
— coloration of tissue