tint

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[edit] Etymology

Alteration of earlier tinct, from Latin tinctus (dyeing), from tingō (I tinge).

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[edit] Noun

Singular
tint

Plural
tints

tint (plural tints)

  1. A slight coloring.
  2. A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade).
  3. A color considered with reference to other very similar colors; as, red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints.
  4. A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to tint

Third person singular
tints

Simple past
tinted

Past participle
tinted

Present participle
tinting

to tint (third-person singular simple present tints, present participle tinting, simple past and past participle tinted)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To shade, to color.

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[edit] Dutch

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tint (plural tinten)

  1. hue

[edit] Estonian

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tint

  1. ink

[edit] French

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tint

  1. Third-person singular past historic of tenir, (s/he) held

[edit] Livonian

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tint

  1. ink

[edit] Scots

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tint

  1. Simple past tense and past participle of tyne.