tint
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Alteration of earlier tinct, influenced by French teinte (“tint”), from Latin tinctus (“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.
Noun edit
tint (plural tints)
- A slight coloring.
- A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
- A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.
- Red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints.
- A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
- (automotive, informal) A vehicle window that has been darkened to conceal the occupant.
- 2010, Rochelle Magee, No Witnesses: A Perilous Journey, page 36:
- About an hour later, she noticed an all black Phantom with tints and chrome rims riding slowly through the car lot.
- 2021, Carol Park, Memoir of a Cashier: Korean Americans, Racism, and Riots:
- 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.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
slight coloring
pale or faint tinge of any color
color considered with reference to other similar colors
Verb edit
tint (third-person singular simple present tints, present participle tinting, simple past and past participle tinted)
- (transitive, intransitive) To shade, to color.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- 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.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
to shade, color
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See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Unknown(?)
Alternative forms edit
Contraction edit
tint
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From Latin tinctus, past participle of tingō (“I wet”).
Noun edit
tint m (plural tints)
Synonyms edit
- (act of dyeing): tenyida, tenyiment, tintura
- (result of dyeing): tenyit
- (dye): tintura
- (dyeworks): tintoreria
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “tint”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “tint” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “tint” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Alteration of earlier tinct, from Latin tinctus (“dyed”), past participle of verb tingō (“tinge”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tint c (plural tinten, diminutive tintje n)
Verb edit
tint
- inflection of tinten:
Estonian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From German Tinte or Middle Low German tint, both ultimately from Latin tīnctus.
Noun edit
tint (genitive tindi, partitive tinti)
Declension edit
| Declension of tint (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-d gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tint | tindid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | tindi | ||
| genitive | tintide | ||
| partitive | tinti | tinte tintisid | |
| illative | tinti tindisse |
tintidesse tindesse | |
| inessive | tindis | tintides tindes | |
| elative | tindist | tintidest tindest | |
| allative | tindile | tintidele tindele | |
| adessive | tindil | tintidel tindel | |
| ablative | tindilt | tintidelt tindelt | |
| translative | tindiks | tintideks tindeks | |
| terminative | tindini | tintideni | |
| essive | tindina | tintidena | |
| abessive | tindita | tintideta | |
| comitative | tindiga | tintidega | |
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Low German stint. Compare German Stint.
Noun edit
tint (genitive tindi, partitive tinti)
- smelt (a fish from the Osmeridae family; most commonly, Osmerus eperlanus)
Declension edit
| Declension of tint (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-d gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tint | tindid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | tindi | ||
| genitive | tintide | ||
| partitive | tinti | tinte tintisid | |
| illative | tinti tindisse |
tintidesse tindesse | |
| inessive | tindis | tintides tindes | |
| elative | tindist | tintidest tindest | |
| allative | tindile | tintidele tindele | |
| adessive | tindil | tintidel tindel | |
| ablative | tindilt | tintidelt tindelt | |
| translative | tindiks | tintideks tindeks | |
| terminative | tindini | tintideni | |
| essive | tindina | tintidena | |
| abessive | tindita | tintideta | |
| comitative | tindiga | tintidega | |
Further reading edit
- “tint”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tint
- third-person singular past historic of tenir
Livonian edit
Etymology edit
Apparently from German Tinte. See etymology at Latvian tinte.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tint
- ink
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
- tint – tint – tinte
- ink – ink – ink
- tint – tint – tinte
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
Declension edit
Declension of tint (94)
| singular (ikšlug) | plural (pǟgiņlug) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīv) | tint | tīntõd |
| genitive (genitīv) | tint | tīntõd |
| partitive (partitīv) | tintõ | tīntidi |
| dative (datīv) | tintõn | tīntõdõn |
| instrumental (instrumentāl) | tintkõks | tīntõdõks |
| illative (illatīv) | tintõ | tīntiž |
| inessive (inesīv) | tintsõ | tīntis |
| elative (elatīv) | tintstõ | tīntist |
Scots edit
Verb edit
tint
- simple past tense and past participle of tyne
- An efterhin he tint a lot o weicht - Afterwards he lost a lot of weight