teint

See also: Teint

English

Etymology

French teint, teinte. See tint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teɪnt/
• Rhymes: -eɪnt

Noun

teint (plural teints)

1. (obsolete) Colour, tinge; tint.
   • a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “Epistle the Fourteenth. To Sir Godfrey Kneller, Principal Painter to His Majesty.”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume II, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, →OCLC, page 201:

     For time ſhall with his ready pencil ſtand; / Retouch your figures with his ripening hand; / Mellow your colors, and imbrown the teint; / Add every grace, which time alone can grant; / To future ages ſhall your fame convey, / And give more beauties than he takes away.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “teint”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• ettin, tinet

Danish

Etymology

From French teint (“complexion”), from teindre (“to dye, tint”), from Latin tingere (“to colour, dye, tinge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛnɡ/, [tˢɛŋ]

Noun

teint c (singular definite teinten, not used in plural form)

1. complexion (appearance of the skin on the face)

Further reading

• “teint” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, from Latin tinctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ̃/

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• Homophones: tain, teins, thym, tins, tint, tînt
• Rhymes: -ɛ̃

Participle

teint (feminine teinte, masculine plural teints, feminine plural teintes)

1. past participle of teindre

Verb

teint

1. third-person singular present indicative of teindre

Adjective

teint (feminine teinte, masculine plural teints, feminine plural teintes)

1. dyed; tinted

Noun

teint m (plural teints)

1. tint

Derived terms

• fond de teint

Related terms

• teinte
• teinture

Descendants

• → Danish: teint
• → German: Teint

Further reading

• “teint”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• tetin, tétin, tient

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French teint.

Noun

teint c

1. complexion (color and appearance of skin on the face)

Declension

Declension of teint
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	teint	teinten	—	—
Genitive	teints	teintens	—	—

References

• teint in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• teint in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)