tint

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.4 Verb 1.5 See also 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun 3 Estonian 3.1 Noun 4 French 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Verb 5 Livonian 5.1 Noun 6 Scots 6.1 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

Alteration of earlier tinct, from Latin tinctus (“‘dyeing’”), from tingō (“‘I tinge’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɪnt/

  Rhymes: -ɪnt

[edit] Noun

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

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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• tinter

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tint (plural tinten)

1. hue

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tint

1. ink

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɛ̃/ ,SAMPA: /tE~/

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tint

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

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tint

1. ink

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[edit] Verb

tint

1. Simple past tense and past participle of tyne.