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pigmentation

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Coloration of human, plant or animal tissue, especially by pigment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

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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
  • Spanish: pigmentación — coloration of tissue
  • Swedish: pigmentering — coloration of tissue