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Webster 1913 Edition

Tint

Tint

,
Noun.
[For older
tinct
, fr. L.
tinctus
, p. p. of
tingere
to dye: cf. F.
teinte
,
teint
, It.
tinta
,
tinto
. See
Tinge
, and cf.
Taint
to stain, a stain,
Tent
a kind of wine,
Tinto
.]
A slight coloring.
Specifically: –
(a)
A pale or faint tinge of any color.
Or blend in beauteous
tints
the colored mass.
Pope.
Their vigor sickens, and their
tints
decline.
Harte.
(b)
A color considered with reference to other very similar colors;
as, red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different
tints
.
(c)
(Engraving)
A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
Tint tool
(Eng.)
,
a species of graver used for cutting the parallel lines which produce tints in engraving.

Tint

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tinted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tinting
.]
To give a slight coloring to; to tinge.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tint

TINT

,
Noun.
[L. tinctus, tingo. See Tinge.] A dye; a color, or rather a slight coloring or tincture distinct from the ground or principal color; as red with a blue tint,or tint of blue. In painting, tints are the colors considered as more or less bright, deep or thin, by the due use and intermixture of which a picture receives its shades, softness and variety.
Or blend in beauteous tint the color'd mass.
Their vigor sickens,and their tints decline.

TINT

,
Verb.
T.
To tinge; to give a slight coloring to.

Definition 2024

tint

tint

See also: tînt

English

Noun

tint ‎(plural tints)

  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.
Translations

Verb

tint ‎(third-person singular simple present tints, present participle tinting, simple past and past participle tinted)

  1. (transitive, intransitive)  To shade, to color.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess:
      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.
Translations

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Etymology 2

Unknown(?)

Alternative forms

Contraction

tint

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪnt

Etymology

Alteration of earlier tinct, from Latin tinctus ‎(“dyed”), past participle of verb tingō ‎(“I tinge”).

Noun

tint c ‎(plural tinten, diminutive tintje n)

  1. hue

Verb

tint

  1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of tinten
  2. imperative of tinten

Estonian

Noun

tint ‎(genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. ink

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛ̃/

Verb

tint

  1. third-person singular past historic of tenir

Livonian

Etymology

Apparently from German Tinte. See etymology at Latvian tinte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tint/

Noun

tint

  1. ink

Declension

Scots

Verb

tint

  1. simple past tense and past participle of tyne
    An efterhin he tint a lot o weicht - Afterwards he lost a lot of weight

Etymology

Alteration of earlier tinct, from Latin tinctus ‎(“dyed”), past participle of verb tingō ‎(“I tinge”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɪnt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪnt

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