tint

See also tînt

English

Etymology

Alteration of earlier tinct, from Latin tinctus (“dyed”), past participle of verb tingō (“I tinge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɪnt/
• Rhymes: -ɪnt

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

Verb

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

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

See also

• tinter

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪnt

Noun

tint (plural tinten)

1. hue

Verb

tint

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of tinten.
2. imperative of tinten.

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Estonian

Noun

tint (^??? please provide the genitive and partitive!)

1. ink

Declension

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɛ̃/ ,SAMPA: /tE~/

Verb

tint

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

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Livonian

Noun

tint

1. ink

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Scots

Verb

tint

1. Simple past tense and past participle of tyne.

   An efterhin he tint a lot o weicht - Afterwards he lost a lot of weight