tinge

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tingō (“I dip, moisten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪndʒ/
• 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.

Related terms

• tint

Translations

a small amount of something, especially of an added color

• Dutch: tintje (nl)
• French: teinte (fr) f, touche (fr) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: anstrøk n

• Occitan: tencha (oc) f, tòca (oc) f
• Portuguese: tingir (pt)
• Spanish: toque (es) m

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

• Dutch: schakering (nl), ondertoon (nl)
• French: nuance (fr) f, teinte (fr) f
• Italian: sfumatura (it) f

• Occitan: nuança f, matís m
• Spanish: toque (es) m, tinte (es) m, matiz (es) m

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
• Esperanto: tinkturi
• French: teindre (fr)

• German: tönen (de)
• Korean: 가미하다 (ko) (gamihada)
• Spanish: retocar (es), matizar (es)

Anagrams

• Teign, 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