Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-né-
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *pinéḱti
Proto-Italic *pingō
Latin pingō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Latin -tus
Latin pictus
Vulgar Latin *pinctus
French peint
Proto-Italic *-āzi
▲
Latin -ereinflu.
Latin -āre
Old French -ier
Old French peintierder.
Middle English peynten
English paint
From Middle English peynten, from Old French peintier, paincter, itself from paint, the past participle of paindre, from Latin pingō (“to paint”) (perfect passive participle pictus). Displaced native Old English tēafor (“paint”), *tīefran (“to paint”); and Old English mētan (“to paint”) and mǣlan (“to paint, mark with colour”).
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
fresh coat of paint
(countable, in-plural, uncountable) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
René went back into the kitchen and put a pot of coffee on, got out his paints and started on a new painting. He felt inspired. 2007, Jesse Guthrie, Catherine's Addiction, page 116:
(countable, slang, uncountable) The free-throw lane, construed with the.
Early on it was the Bulldogs who were clearly the aggressors, playing hard in the paint and getting baskets with muscle more than with their shooting prowess. 2013 December 12, “JV Dogs suffer first loss, 47-41”, in Martinez (California) News-Gazette:
The Nimrods are strong on the outside, but not very good in the paint.
In Game 3, they re-focused on protecting the paint and transition defense. The Cavs scored 106 points in the paint in the first two games and just 20 in Game 3. 2016 May 22, “Renewed defensive strategy has Raptors alive in conference finals”, in USA TODAY:
Isaiah Thomas is very clever, very crafty getting to the paint and finishing in the paint. 2016 April 20, “Hawks not giving Celtics anything in the paint”, in Comcast SportsNet New England:
(slang, uncountable) Paintballs.
I am running low on paint for my marker.
(countable, slang, uncountable) Synonym of face card (king, queen, or jack).
(attributive, countable, uncountable) Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
Computer paint software operates similarly but adds features that are delightfully familiar and useful to artists trained in traditional graphics materials. 1998, Kit Laybourne, The animation book: a complete guide to animated filmmaking:
It combines traditional paint capabilities with photograph enhancement features. 1993, Emil Ihrig, CorelDRAW! 4 made easy:
If using a paint package, you must specify the color before you draw the line or shape. 2001, Maureen Sprankle, Problem Solving for Information Processing:
(uncountable) Makeup.
They were as plain and homely as a table-top dancer when the rains had wiped the paint and powder from her face. 2012, Caleb Pirtle, Shelly Marshall, Other Voices, Other Towns: The Traveler's Story, →ISBN:
(slang, uncountable) Tattoo work.
(countable, dated, uncountable) Any substance fixed with latex to harden it.
(countable, uncountable) The appearance of an object on a radar screen.
Smaller target paints would also be preferred to those displayed on the existing DFTI. 1973, International Conference on Radar--Present and Future, 23-25 October, 1973, page 203:
fi värit (paints: set of containers or blocks of paints of different colours) · et värv (substance) · ja ペイント (substance) · av бил (substance) · ckb بۆیە (substance) · cmn 塗料 /涂料 (substance) · ug رەڭ (substance) · tk boýag (substance) · ko 페인트 (substance) · akz istaposohka (substance) · ka საღებავი (substance) · ur پینْٹ (substance) · io farbo (substance) · tsg sat (substance) · rm lac (substance) · hi पेंट (substance) · rm verneisch (substance) · my ဆေး (substance) · sh bòja (substance) · uk ба́рва (substance) · nl verf (substance) · ru кра́ски (paints: set of containers or blocks of paints of different colours) · cy paentiau (paints: set of containers or blocks of paints of different colours) · az boya (substance) · jv cèt (substance) · mi peita (substance) · ckb رەنگ (substance) · ja ペンキ (substance) · ota بویا (substance) · hu festék (substance) · ms cat (substance) · la pigmentum (paints: set of containers or blocks of paints of different colours) · ps رنګ (substance) · pt tinta (substance) · be фа́рба (substance) · lo ສີ (substance) · mt verniċ (substance) · sh краска (substance) · lv krāsa (substance) · bo ཚོན (substance) · sv målarfärg (substance) · ast pintura (substance) · bo ཚོས (substance) · mt żebgħa (substance) · bg боя́ (substance) · tg ранг (substance) · mi pani (substance) · sv färg (substance) · oc pintura (substance) · kmr boyax (substance) · de Farbe (substance) · fi maali (substance) · ky боёк (substance) · ur رَن٘گ (substance) · th สี (substance) · no måling (substance) · ro culoare (substance) · ar دِهَان (substance) · ro vopsea (substance) · sh kraska (substance) · eo farbo (substance) · da maling (substance) · gd peantaichean (paints: set of containers or blocks of paints of different colours) · ia tinta (substance) · cy paent (substance) · yue 油 (substance) · ug بوياق (substance) · ru кра́ска (substance) · fr peinture (substance) · az rəng (substance) · la pigmentum (substance) · rm vernisch (substance) · nap culóre (substance) · ang tēafor (substance) · da farve (substance) · el χρώμα (substance) · id cat (substance) · te రంగు (substance) · it colore (substance) · km ថ្នាំលាប (substance) · yue 油漆 (substance) · be хва́рба (substance) · es pintura (substance) · lt dažai (substance) · km ថ្នាំ (substance) · iba chat (substance) · taa be'aɬ xwdedebeni (substance) · it vernice (substance) · ja 塗料 (substance) · gd peanta (substance) · bn রং (substance) · sk lak (substance) · sl barva (substance) · sh fȃrba (substance) · nb maling (substance) · uz rang (substance) · el βαφή (substance) · pdt Foaw (substance) · kmr sibox (substance) · vi nước sơn (substance) · mn будаг (substance) · be кра́ска (substance) · is málning (substance) · ht penti (substance) · ms چت (substance) · nap pittùra (substance) · hi रंग (substance) · sh бо̀ја (substance) · de Lack (substance) · alt бойу (substance) · cmn 油漆 (substance) · uz boʻyoq (substance) · sh фа̑рба (substance) · tr boya (substance) · bo ཚོན་རྩི (substance) · sw rangi (substance) · uk фа́рба (substance) · fa-ira رَنْگ (substance) · pt pintura (substance) · mk боја (substance) · uk фа́рби (paints: set of containers or blocks of paints of different colours) · eu margo (substance) · he צֶבַע (substance) · hy ներկ (substance) · ko 도료 (substance) · gl pintura (substance) · cs barva (substance) · pl farbki (paints: set of containers or blocks of paints of different colours) · ca pintura (substance) · mn ᠪᠤᠳᠤᠭ (substance) · ba буяу (substance) · ce басар (substance) · pl farba (substance) · yi פֿאַרב (substance) · ckb رەنگ (paints: set of containers or blocks of paints of different colours) · akz iisastapasoilka (substance) · kk бояу (substance) · is málning (paints: set of containers or blocks of paints of different colours) · is litir (paints: set of containers or blocks of paints of different colours) · it pittura (substance) · nl tjet (substance) · sq bojë (substance) · sk farba (substance)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-né-
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *pinéḱti
Proto-Italic *pingō
Latin pingō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Latin -tus
Latin pictus
Vulgar Latin *pinctus
French peint
Proto-Italic *-āzi
▲
Latin -ereinflu.
Latin -āre
Old French -ier
Old French peintierder.
Middle English peynten
English paint
From Middle English peynten, from Old French peintier, paincter, itself from paint, the past participle of paindre, from Latin pingō (“to paint”) (perfect passive participle pictus). Displaced native Old English tēafor (“paint”), *tīefran (“to paint”); and Old English mētan (“to paint”) and mǣlan (“to paint, mark with colour”).
Meanings
(transitive) To apply paint to.
I see a red door and I want it painted black / No colors anymore, I want them to turn black / I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes / I have to turn my head until my darkness goes / I see a line of cars and they're all painted black / With flowers and my love both never to come back 1966, “Paint It Black”, performed by The Rolling Stones:
The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter I, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
I painted the bathroom walls light blue, and I painted the ceiling white.
(transitive) To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
(transitive) To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part.
(transitive) To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
not painted with the crimson spots of blood c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
Cuckoo buds of yellow hue / Do paint the meadows with delight. c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
(transitive) To create (an image) with paints.
to paint a portrait or a landscape
(intransitive) To practise the art of painting pictures.
I've been painting since I was a young child.
(transitive) To draw an element in a graphical user interface.
Sent to a minimized window when the icon's background must be filled before it is painted. 1991, Ernest R Tello, Object-oriented Programming for Windows:
(figuratively, transitive) To depict or portray.
During defense openings, Bankman-Fried’s lawyer painted him as a “nerd” who tried to do the right thing but was overwhelmed with a fast-growing company. 2023 October 5, Victoria Bekiempis, “FTX co-founder testifies he committed crimes with Sam Bankman-Fried”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
VVhether the Charmer ſinner it, or ſaint it, / VVhen Folly grovvs romantic, vve muſt paint it. 1735, Alexander Pope, “Epistle 2”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume II, London: […] J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver […], →OCLC, page 62, lines 15–16:
She sued the author of the biography, claiming it painted her as a duplicitous fraud.
Disloyal? / The word is too good to paint out her wickedness. 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
(intransitive) To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
Let her paint an inch thick. c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
(slang, transitive) To detect (something) with radar.
The Albuquerque radar “painted” just one object whenever the light was on, none when it was off. 2023, J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience: Evidence Behind Close Encounters, Project Blue Book, and the Search for Answers, Red Wheel/Weiser, →ISBN, page 73:
"We'll paint the target for the flyboys," the JTAC said.
(slang, transitive) To defecate or soil with faeces during anal sex.
de anmalen (to apply paint to) · wa ponde (to apply paint to) · izh risuittaa (to create an image) · cy paentio (to practise the art of painting pictures) · hu fest (to practise the art of painting pictures) · bg рисувам (to practise the art of painting pictures) · pt pintar (to practise the art of painting pictures) · fi sivellä (to apply paint to) · eo farbi (to apply in the manner of paint) · pt pintar (to apply in the manner of paint) · ja 塗る (to apply paint to) · grc ζωγραφέω (to create an image) · no male (to apply paint to) · dta bodu- (to apply paint to) · lad boyadear (to apply paint to) · ar لَوَّنَ (to practise the art of painting pictures) · mn будах (to apply paint to) · ko 그리다 (to practise the art of painting pictures) · no lakkere (to apply paint to) · fi maalata (to apply paint to) · he צבע (to apply paint to) · fr peinturer (to apply paint to) · ru рисова́ть (to practise the art of painting pictures) · to vali (to apply paint to) · sq pikturon (to practise the art of painting pictures) · sh risati (to practise the art of painting pictures) · uk малюва́ти (to create an image) · oc pintar (to apply paint to) · io farbizar (to apply paint to) · la pingere (to apply in the manner of paint) · gl pintar (to apply paint to) · de malen (to create an image) · ar لَوَّنَ (to apply paint to) · hu mázol (to apply in the manner of paint) · el βάφω (to apply in the manner of paint) · hu megfest (to create an image) · hu fest (to create an image) · sv måla (to apply paint to) · srn ferfi (to apply paint to) · ja 画く (to practise the art of painting pictures) · cs malovat (to apply paint to) · uk фарбува́ти (to apply paint to) · el ζωγραφίζω (to create an image) · vec depinzer (to apply paint to) · ro picta (to apply paint to) · hy ներկել (to apply paint to) · it verniciare (to apply in the manner of paint) · fi maalata (to create an image) · bo རི་མོ་བྲིས (to practise the art of painting pictures) · sh рисати (to practise the art of painting pictures) · ky боёо (to apply paint to) · hu lefest (to apply paint to) · ja 描く (to practise the art of painting pictures) · cy paentio (to create an image) · ota بویالامق (to apply paint to) · la pingō (to apply paint to) · cy peintio (to practise the art of painting pictures) · sh farbati (to apply paint to) · it verniciare (to apply paint to) · pl namalować (to practise the art of painting pictures) · pl pomalować (to apply paint to) · lij dipinze (to apply in the manner of paint) · izh kraasata (to apply paint to) · izh risovoittaa (to practise the art of painting pictures) · pl malować (to practise the art of painting pictures) · nl schilderen (to apply paint to) · bg бояди́сам (to apply paint to) · nrf peindre (to apply paint to) · th ทา (to apply paint to) · ang mētan (to practise the art of painting pictures) · el βάφω (to apply paint to) · hu beecsetel (medicine: to apply with a brush in order to treat some body part) · cy paentio (to apply paint to) · hu befest (to apply paint to) · ia pinger (to apply paint to) · km គូរ (to create an image) · cmn 畫 /画 (to practise the art of painting pictures) · co dipinghje (to apply paint to) · es pintar (to apply paint to) · lld depenje (to apply paint to) · enm peynten (to practise the art of painting pictures) · mi peita (to apply paint to) · ro picta (to practise the art of painting pictures) · nl schilderen (to create an image) · ang mētan (to apply paint to) · ru кра́сить (to apply paint to) · nl verven (to apply paint to) · ga péinteáil (to apply paint to) · cy paentio (to apply in the manner of paint) · ang tīefran (to practise the art of painting pictures) · vec depénxar (to apply paint to) · fur dipengi (to apply paint to) · sh risovati (to apply paint to) · io piktar (to practise the art of painting pictures) · gd peant (to apply in the manner of paint) · izh risovoittaa (to create an image) · lld depenjer (to apply paint to) · is mála (to practise the art of painting pictures) · mi waituhi (to create an image) · lv krāsot (to apply paint to) · ro picta (to create an image) · ko 칠하다 (to apply paint to) · de pinseln (medicine: to apply with a brush in order to treat some body part) · yue 油 (to apply paint to) · la pingō (to create an image) · la pingō (to practise the art of painting pictures) · scn pittari (to apply paint to) · vec depénzar (to apply paint to) · sq ngjyros (to apply paint to) · ast pintar (to apply paint to) · hu fest (to apply paint to) · it dipingere (to practise the art of painting pictures) · de malen (to practise the art of painting pictures) · txb pik- (to create an image) · br livañ (to apply paint to) · cy arlunio (to practise the art of painting pictures) · pl malować (to apply paint to) · gd peant (to create an image) · da male (to create an image) · nap depégnere (to practise the art of painting pictures) · hu ecsetel (medicine: to apply with a brush in order to treat some body part) · egy Y3-Y1V (to apply paint to) · it dipingere (to apply paint to) · izh risuittaa (to practise the art of painting pictures) · ca pintar (to apply paint to) · ca pintar (to practise the art of painting pictures) · de streichen (to apply paint to) · th วาด (to practise the art of painting pictures) · is mála (to apply paint to) · km លាប (to apply paint to) · gd peant (to apply paint to) · sc pintai (to apply paint to) · es pintar (to apply in the manner of paint) · tr resim yapmak (to practise the art of painting pictures) · fur dipenzi (to apply paint to) · csm tel·a- (to apply paint to) · uk вимальо́вувати (to practise the art of painting pictures) · uk розпи́сувати (to practise the art of painting pictures) · fur pengi (to apply paint to) · cs malovat (to practise the art of painting pictures) · uk малюва́ти (to practise the art of painting pictures) · unm elahkën (to apply paint to) · gd peant (to practise the art of painting pictures) · es pintar (to practise the art of painting pictures) · ro vopsi (to apply paint to) · sh сликати (to practise the art of painting pictures) · dlm piandro (to apply paint to) · el απεικονίζω (to create an image) · fi sivellä (to apply in the manner of paint) · bg бояди́свам (to apply paint to) · ka ღებვა (to apply paint to) · cy peintio (to apply in the manner of paint) · fo mála (to apply paint to) · fur penzi (to apply paint to) · nap pentà (to practise the art of painting pictures) · bo ཚོན་བཏང (to apply paint to) · cmn 漆 (to apply paint to) · az boyalamaq (to apply paint to) · el ζωγραφίζω (to practise the art of painting pictures) · hy ներկել (to apply in the manner of paint) · enm peynten (to apply paint to) · az rəngləmək (to apply paint to) · tr boyamak (to apply paint to) · ast pintar (to practise the art of painting pictures) · non fá (to apply paint to) · hi पोतना (to apply paint to) · vi sơn (to apply paint to) · nod ᨴᩤ (to apply paint to) · cy peintio (to create an image) · az boyamaq (to apply paint to) · de malen (to apply paint to) · vec depinxer (to apply paint to) · non fá (to apply in the manner of paint) · cmn 繪畫 /绘画 (to practise the art of painting pictures) · sc pintai (to practise the art of painting pictures) · ang tīefran (to apply paint to) · lij dipinze (to apply paint to) · sv måla (to practise the art of painting pictures) · nrf peindre (to practise the art of painting pictures) · pt pintar (to apply paint to) · alt бойор (to apply paint to) · eo farbi (to apply paint to) · nrf broudaïr (to apply paint to) · css enne (to apply paint to) · nap pittà (to practise the art of painting pictures) · az kraskalamaq (to apply paint to) · tr resim yapmak (to apply paint to) · sh risovanje (to apply in the manner of paint) · ru писа́ть (to practise the art of painting pictures) · sv måla (to create an image) · wa ponde (to practise the art of painting pictures) · id mencat (to apply paint to) · th วาด (to create an image) · sh bojiti (to apply paint to) · sh slikati (to practise the art of painting pictures) · sh бојити (to apply paint to) · wa ponde (to create an image) · enm peynten (to create an image) · hy նկարել (to practise the art of painting pictures) · fi maalata (to practise the art of painting pictures) · eo pentri (to practise the art of painting pictures) · cy peintio (to apply paint to) · fr peindre (to apply paint to) · pt pintar (to create an image) · pri tämî (to apply paint to) · br liva (to practise the art of painting pictures) · de streichen (to apply in the manner of paint) · sh рисовање (to apply in the manner of paint) · sh рисовати (to apply paint to) · qu llimphiy (to apply paint to) · dlm depiandro (to apply paint to) · lad enkalar (to apply paint to) · wa mete e coleur (to apply paint to) · de bemalen (to apply paint to) · cmn 油漆 (to apply paint to) · fr peindre (to practise the art of painting pictures) · nl schilderen (to practise the art of painting pictures) · ce баса (to apply paint to) · sh фарбати (to apply paint to) · gl pintar (to practise the art of painting pictures) · bg изобразявам (to create an image) · ba буяу (to apply paint to) · cs malovat (to create an image)