tint

Εννοια (English)

Noun

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.
4. A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
5. (informal) A vehicle window that has been darkened to conceal the occupant.

Verb

To shade, to color.

Contraction

it is not; it isn't; 'tisn't; it'sn't

Synonyms

color

dye

tinge

hue

colour

shade

stain

paint

tone

tincture

nuance

pigment

cast

touch

chromaticity

pigmentation

undertone

slant

tinct

Amer

pale

lacquer

stipple

light-colored

undertint

embroider

inflection

color tone

dyeing

decorate

crayon

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cosmetics

complexion

rinse

colourise

shading

shadow

colour in

spillway

spin

colorize

lightish

subtlety

suggestion

coloring

colorant

breath

tonality

bloom

aspect

trace

appearance

Brit

color in

colorise

colourize

diluted colour

gleam

glimpse

gradate

hint

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/tɪnt/

Ετυμολογία (English)

Cognate with Ολλανδικά: tint

Cognate with Εσθονικά: tint

Cognate with Γαλλικά: teinte

Cognate with Γερμανικά: Tinte

Cognate with Ουγγρικά: tinta

Cognate with Ιταλικά: tinta

Cognate with Λουξεμβουργιανά: Tintin

Cognate with Πορτογαλικά: tinta

Cognate with Ισπανικά: tinta

In summary

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.