English-French translations for pigment

• pigment
  Il y a 39 millions de Tanzaniens. Parmi eux, 270 000 souffrent d'une irrégularité génétique causée par la présence d'un gène récessif qui fait que leur peau manque de pigments. There are 39 million Tanzanians, 270 thousand of which suffer from a genetic defect caused by the presence of a recessive gene which means their skin lacks pigment.
  Pire, le film est pigmenté d'un langage obscène et de scènes de sexe et de violence explicites, cas unique dans le festival. Moreover, the film is pigmented with obscene language, and scenes of explicit sex and violence, a unique case in the festival.
• colorant

Definition of pigment

• Any color in plant or animal cells
• A dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder
• Wine flavoured with spices and honey
• To add color or pigment to something

Examples

• Chlorophyll is the pigment responsible for most plants green colouring.
• Umber is a pigment made from clay containing iron and manganese oxide.

Related words

• pigmentation
• pigmentate
• hypopigmentation
• hyperpigmentation
• depigmentation
• depigment
• depigmentating
• bile pigment
• opaque pigment