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tint en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /tɪnt/

Etymology

Alteration of earlier tinct, influenced by French teinte (“tint”), from Latin tīnctus (“dyed”), past participle of verb tingō (“tinge”). Doublet of tent (“kind of red wine”). Cognate with Dutch tint, Estonian tint, French teinte, German Tinte, Hungarian tinta, Italian tinta, Luxembourgish Tintin, Portuguese tinta, and Spanish tinta.

Meanings

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.
   • Red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints.
4. A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
5. (informal) A vehicle window that has been darkened to conceal the occupant.
   • About an hour later, she noticed an all black Phantom with tints and chrome rims riding slowly through the car lot. 2010, Rochelle Magee, No Witnesses: A Perilous Journey, page 36:
   • I'd watch as cars marched by like a line of ants. Cars with those cool hydraulics. Cars with tints so dark, you couldn't see anything inside. 2021, Carol Park, Memoir of a Cashier: Korean Americans, Racism, and Riots:

Forms

Deriveds

tintometer · tintable · tint block · papyrotint · lithotint · Camotint · electrotint · overtint · half-tint · untint · tinty · monotint · undertint · tintage · tintless · tint tool · demitint · mistint

Translations (27)

es tinta (slight coloring) · ro tentă (slight coloring) · bg колорит (color considered with reference to other similar colors) · fi sävytys (slight coloring) · es colorido (pale or faint tinge of any color) · es tono (color considered with reference to other similar colors) · cs odstín (color considered with reference to other similar colors) · es coloración (slight coloring) · de Tönung (slight coloring) · pt coloração (slight coloring) · pl odcień (color considered with reference to other similar colors) · es matiz (pale or faint tinge of any color) · bg окраска (slight coloring) · es tinte (pale or faint tinge of any color) · cs nádech (pale or faint tinge of any color) · bg оцветяване (slight coloring) · es colorido (slight coloring) · es matiz (color considered with reference to other similar colors) · es coloración (pale or faint tinge of any color) · cs tón (color considered with reference to other similar colors) · de Ton (color considered with reference to other similar colors) · bg нюанс (pale or faint tinge of any color) · eo nuanco (color considered with reference to other similar colors) · fi värisävy (color considered with reference to other similar colors) · fi sävy (color considered with reference to other similar colors) · de Farbton (color considered with reference to other similar colors) · fi häivähdys (pale or faint tinge of any color)

tint en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /tɪnt/

Etymology

Alteration of earlier tinct, influenced by French teinte (“tint”), from Latin tīnctus (“dyed”), past participle of verb tingō (“tinge”). Doublet of tent (“kind of red wine”). Cognate with Dutch tint, Estonian tint, French teinte, German Tinte, Hungarian tinta, Italian tinta, Luxembourgish Tintin, Portuguese tinta, and Spanish tinta.

Meanings

1. (intransitive, transitive) To shade, to color.
   • 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 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

retint · tintable · tintability · rose-tint · mistint

Relateds

tinter

Translations (17)

de tönen (to shade, color) · de färben (to shade, color) · cmn 染色 (to shade, color) · fi sävyttyä (to shade, color) · fi värjätä (to shade, color) · cs dodat nádech (to shade, color) · cs obarvit (to shade, color) · cs přibarvit (to shade, color) · fi värjäytyä (to shade, color) · de einfärben (to shade, color) · es entintar (to shade, color) · pt colorir (to shade, color) · es matizar (to shade, color) · es teñir (to shade, color) · fi sävyttää (to shade, color) · es tintar (to shade, color) · bg оцветявам (to shade, color)

tint en · X · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /tɪnt/

Etymology

Contraction.

Meanings

1. (Yorkshire, colloquial, contraction) it is not; it isn't

Forms

Synonyms

'tisn't · it'sn't · s'not