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Share This tint Audio Help / tɪnt / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [ tint ] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun 1. a color or a variety of a color; hue.
2. a color diluted with white; a color of less than maximum purity, chromo, or saturation.
3. a delicate or pale color.
4. any of various commercial dyes for the hair.
5. Engraving .
6. Also called tint block. Printing .
–verb (used with object) 7. to apply a tint or tints to; color slightly or delicately; tinge.
[Origin:
1710–20; var. of
tinct ]
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A shade of a color, especially a pale or delicate variation.
A gradation of a color made by adding white to it to lessen its saturation.
A slight coloration; a tinge.
A barely detectable amount or degree; a trace.
A shaded effect in engraving produced by fine, close, parallel lines.
Printing A panel of light color on which matter in another color is to be printed, as in an illustration.A dye for the hair.
tint·ed , tint·ing , tints
tinct tint'er n.
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"color," 1717, alteration of
tinct (1602), from L.
tinctus "a dyeing," from
tingere "to dye" (see
tincture ); infl. by It.
tinta "tint, hue," from L.
tinctus. The verb is attested from 1756 (implied in
tinted ).
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Share This tint noun 1. a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted" [syn: shade ] verb 1. color lightly; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November"
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a variety, or shade, of a colour
Arabic: لَوْن خَفيف، ظِل لَوْني Chinese (Simplified): 色泽，色彩 Chinese (Traditional): 色澤，色彩 Czech: odstín Danish: nuance Dutch: tint Estonian: värvitoon Finnish: värisävy French: nuance, teinte German: die Tönung Greek: απόχρωση, τόνος Hungarian: színárnyalat Icelandic: lit-, *blæbrigði Indonesian: variasi warna Italian: tinta, sfumatura
Japanese: 色合 Korean: 색조, 기미 Latvian: nokrāsa; tonis Lithuanian: atspalvis Norwegian: fargetone, toning Polish: odcień Portuguese (Brazil): matiz, nuance Portuguese (Portugal): matiz Romanian: nuanţă, tentă Russian: оттенок, тон Slovak: odtieň Slovenian: odtenek Spanish: tinte, matiz Swedish: skiftning, nyans, ton Turkish: hafif renk, ton
tint [tint] verb
to colour slightly
Example:
She had her hair tinted red.
Arabic: يَصْبُغ بِلَوْن خَفيف Chinese (Simplified): 给…着色 Chinese (Traditional): 給…著色 Czech: světle tónovat Danish: tone Dutch: kleuren Estonian: toonima Finnish: sävyttää French: teinter (de) German: tönen Greek: χρωματίζω ελαφρά Hungarian: színez Icelandic: lita, setja skol í hár Indonesian: mewarnai Italian: tingere
Japanese: 染める Korean: …에 엷게 빛깔을 내다 Latvian: iekrāsot; ietonēt Lithuanian: nudažyti Norwegian: fargetone, fargelegge Polish: barwić Portuguese (Brazil): tingir Portuguese (Portugal): tingir Romanian: a da o nuanţă de Russian: подкрашивать Slovak: dať (farebný) odtieň Slovenian: niansirati Spanish: teñir Swedish: färga, tona Turkish: hafif boyamak
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A"qua*tint\, Aquatinta \A`qua*tin"ta\, n. [It. acquatinta dyed water; acqua (L. aqua) water + tinto, fem. tinta, dyed. See
Tint .] A kind of etching in which spaces are bitten by the use of aqua fortis, by which an effect is produced resembling a drawing in water colors or India ink; also, the engraving produced by this method.
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Taint\, v. t. [F. teint, p. p. of teindre to dye, tinge, fr. L. tingere, tinctum. See
Tinge , and cf.
Tint .]
1. To imbue or impregnate with something extraneous, especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous; hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid substance taint the air.
2. Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish.
His unkindness may defeat my life, But never taint my love. --Shak.
Syn: To contaminate; defile; pollute; corrupt; infect; disease; vitiate; poison.
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