tinge

English

Etymology

From Latin tingō.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪndʒ

Noun

tinge (plural tinges)

1. A small amount of something, especially of an added color.
2. The degree of vividness of a color; shade, hue or tint.

Translations

a small amount of something, especially of an added color

• Dutch: tintje
• French: teinte (fr) f

• Portuguese: tingir (pt)

the degree of vividness of a colour; shade, hue or tint

• Dutch: schakering, ondertoon (nl)

• French: nuance (fr) f

Verb

tinge (third-person singular simple present tinges, present participle tinging or tingeing, simple past and past participle tinged)

1. (transitive) To add a small amount of color; to tint.
2. (transitive) To imbue or impregnate.
   • Addison

     His virtues, as well as imperfections, are tinged by a certain extravagance.

Translations

to add a small amount of color

• Dutch: tinten (nl), lichtjes kleuren

• French: teindre (fr)

Anagrams

• get in

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Italian

Verb

tinge

1. third-person singular present indicative of tingere

Anagrams

• genti, tigne

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Latin

Verb

tinge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of tingō

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Portuguese

Verb

tinge

1. third-person singular present indicative of tingir

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Spanish

Noun

tinge m (plural tinges)

1. Eurasian eagle owl