hint

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English hinten, hynten, variant of henten (“to lay hold of, catch”), from Old English hentan (“to seize, grasp”), from Proto-Germanic *hantijaną. More at hent. Related to hunt.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /hɪnt/
  • Audio (US)
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  • Rhymes: -ɪnt

Noun[edit]

hint (plural hints)

  1. A clue.
    I needed a hint to complete the crossword.
  2. A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
    He gave me a hint that my breath smelt.
  3. A small, barely detectable amount of.
    There was a hint of irony in his voice.
    I could taste a hint of lemon in the wine.
    • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest‎[1]:
      Mother very rightly resented the slightest hint of condescension. She considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, […] .
  4. (computing) Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering. Also known as hinting.
    This font does not scale well; at small point sizes it has no hinting at all, and the hints that it has for the 10- and 12-point letter 'g' still need work.
  5. (obsolete) An opportunity; occasion; fit time.
    • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
      I, not remembering how I cried out then, / Will cry it o'er again: it is a hint / That wrings mine eyes to't.

Synonyms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → Danish: hint
  • → Dutch: hint
  • → Japanese: ヒント (hinto)
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: hint
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: hint
  • → Swedish: hint

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Verb[edit]

hint (third-person singular simple present hints, present participle hinting, simple past and past participle hinted)

  1. (intransitive) To suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue.
    She hinted at the possibility of a recount of the votes.
    • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎[2]:
      “I have tried, as I hinted, to enlist the co-operation of other capitalists, but experience has taught me that any appeal is futile that does not impinge directly upon cupidity. … .”
  2. (transitive) To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
    to hint a suspicion
  3. (transitive) To develop and add hints to a font.
    The typographer worked all day on hinting her new font so it would look good on computer screens.

Synonyms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Danish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From English hint

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

hint n (singular definite hintet, plural indefinite hint or hints)

  1. hint, clue

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈhiˀnd̥], [hind̥]

Pronoun[edit]

hint

  1. neuter singular of hin

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowing from English hint.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

hint f or m (plural hints, diminutive hintje n)

  1. hint

Synonyms[edit]

See also[edit]

Verb[edit]

hint

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

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From an unattested stem of unknown origin + -t (causative suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

hint

  1. (transitive) to scatter, sprinkle (to cause a substance to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance))
    Synonyms: szór, hullat
    A cukrász porcukrot hint a süteményre. ― The confectioner sprinkles powedered sugar on the cookie.

Conjugation[edit]

conjugation of hint
1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. hintek hintesz hint hintünk hintetek hintenek
Def. hintem hinted hinti hintjük hintitek hintik
2nd-p. o. hintelek ―
Past Indef. hintettem hintettél hintett hintettünk hintettetek hintettek
Def. hintettem hintetted hintette hintettük hintettétek hintették
2nd-p. o. hintettelek ―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. hintenék hintenél hintene hintenénk hintenétek hintenének
Def. hinteném hintenéd hintené hintenénk hintenétek hintenék
2nd-p. o. hintenélek ―
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. hintsek hints or
hintsél 		hintsen hintsünk hintsetek hintsenek
Def. hintsem hintsd or
hintsed 		hintse hintsük hintsétek hintsék
2nd-p. o. hintselek ―
Infinitive hinteni hintenem hintened hintenie hintenünk hintenetek hinteniük
Other nonfinite
verb forms 		Verbal noun Present participle Past participle Future part. Adverbial part. Potential
hintés hintő hintett hintendő hintve hinthet

Derived terms[edit]

(With verbal prefixes):

References[edit]

  1. ^ Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
  2. ^ hint in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

  • hint in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’An Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English hint.

Noun[edit]

hint n (definite singular hintet, indefinite plural hint, definite plural hinta or hintene)

  1. a hint
    • 2014, "Grepet av deg" by Sylvia Day, Bastion Forlag →ISBN [3]
      Mykt og taktfast, erfarent, med akkurat det rette hintet av lidenskap holdt i tøyler.
      Soft and measured, experienced, with just the right hint of passion kept in check.

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English hint.

Noun[edit]

hint n (definite singular hintet, indefinite plural hint, definite plural hinta)

  1. a hint

References[edit]

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