dye

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any hue or color.

Verb

To colour with dye, or as if with dye.

Sinonieme

paint

color

colour

stain

tint

pigment

tinge

tincture

hue

colouring

coloring

dyestuff

colorant

ink

pigmentation

colour

colourant

imbue

decorate

soak

color

coloration

stipple

shade

chromaticity

cast

bogolan

lacquer

dyeing

retouch

rinse

scar

seep through

slant

spin

staining

suffuse

tan

teach

tinct

tinctorial

tone

touch

blue dye

discolorise

discolorize

discolourise

appearance

remain imprinted

tinction

Vertalings

teindre

färben

teñir

colorant

tingere

tintura

Farbstoff

teinture

tinte

βαφή

Farbe

teinte

tinta

tingir

colore

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/daɪ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: deie

Geërf van Old English: dēah

Verwante met Old High German: tougan

Verwante met Old English: dēagol

Verwante met Old English: dohs

Geërf van Middle English: deien

Geërf van Old English: dēagian

In summary

From Middle English deye, from Old English dēah, dēag (“color, hue, dye”), from Proto-West Germanic *daugu (“colour, shade”), from *daugan (“to conceal, be dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust, camouflage”).
Cognates
Cognate with Old High German tougan (“dark, secretive”), tougal (“dark, hidden, covert”), Old English dēagol, dīegle (“dark, hidden, secret”), Old English dohs, dox (“dusky, dark”). See dusk.