teint
English edit
Etymology edit
French teint, teinte. See tint.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
teint (plural teints)
- (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)
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Danish edit
Etymology edit
From French teint (“complexion”), from teindre (“to dye, tint”), from Latin tingere (“to colour, dye, tinge”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
teint c (singular definite teinten, not used in plural form)
- complexion (appearance of the skin on the face)
Further reading edit
- “teint” in Den Danske Ordbog
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French, from Latin tinctus.
Pronunciation edit
Participle edit
teint (feminine teinte, masculine plural teints, feminine plural teintes)
Verb edit
teint
Adjective edit
teint (feminine teinte, masculine plural teints, feminine plural teintes)
Noun edit
teint m (plural teints)
Derived terms edit
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Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “teint”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
teint c
- complexion (color and appearance of skin on the face)
Declension edit
Declension of teint | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | teint | teinten | — | — |
Genitive | teints | teintens | — | — |
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