stain

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A discolored spot or area caused by spillage or other contact with certain fluids or substances.
2. A blemish on one's character or reputation.
3. A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.
4. A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible.
5. One of a number of non-standard tinctures used chiefly in post-medieval heraldry, especially tenné, murrey, or sanguine.

Verb

1. To discolor, as by spilling or other contact with a fluid or substance.
2. To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
3. To coat a surface with a stain
4. To become stained; to take a stain.
5. To treat (a microscopic specimen) with a dye, especially one that dyes specific features
6. To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.

Concepts

tache

souillure

salir

tacher

souiller

colorant

maculer

entacher

teindre

tavelure

terre

trace

cochonner

flétrir

hébéter

lasure

mâchurer

saloper

s’encrasser

se rouiller

stigmate

teinter

ternir

disgrace

se recouvrir de rouille

blot

abrutir

grunge

barbouiller

colorer

défaut

graisse

marque

ordure

🗑️

sang

🩸

se salir

teinture

Synonymes

spot

blot

blemish

dye

soil

mark

smear

dirty

color

smudge

tint

tarnish

colour

smirch

taint

sully

tinge

dirt

speck

paint

blotch

discoloration

stigma

defile

besmirch

flaw

scar

filth

speckle

defect

smut

tincture

blur

pigment

staining

pollute

grime

brand

foul

discolor

slur

discolouration

get dirty

rust

make dirty

contaminate

maculate

spatter

spoil

stick

disgrace

besmear

colouring

dyeing

moil

coloring

impurity

imbrue

colorant

begrime

bemire

blacken

coloration

darken

dot

dyestuff

fault

grease

grunge

lacquer

mar

mole

pigmentation

soak

splash

splotch

stipple

discolorise

discolorize

discolourise

shame

coloring agent

red stain

muddy

obscure

fade

patch

perfuse

enamel

coloring material

pit

pitting

polishing

dying

pull

recess

record

retouch

dross

rut

scallops

discrepancy

slubber

discolour

dirtiness

desecrate

dent

demerit

colouring material

degrade

deformity

defacement

daub

spin

colouring agent

bestain

crock

contaminated

stainer

complexion

affect

carmine

tinctorial substance

stretch

suffuse

sullied

blood

🩸

blob

tainted

black

tighten

tinct

bespatter

befoul

bedraggle

tone

touch

trace

uncleanness

wet

steel pit

become stained

colour staining

bedaub

bad mark

smutch

become rusty

remain imprinted

bedye

tinction

tintage

depression

staining material

make turbid

impure

imbue

ink

cloour

macula

harm

make

embrue

gradate

mess up

fleck

staintint

mottle

muck

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/steɪn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English steinen, steynen (“to stain, colour, paint”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse steina (“to stain, colour, paint”), from steinn (“stone, mineral blue, colour, stain”), from Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”), from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (“to stiffen”). Cognate with Old English stān (“stone”). More at stone.
Replaced native Middle English wem (“spot, blemish, stain”) from Old English wem (“spot, stain”).
In some senses, influenced by unrelated Middle English disteynen (“to discolor, remove the colour from"; literally, "de-colour”), from Anglo-Norman desteindre (“to remove the colour from, bleach”), from Old French destaindre (“to remove the color from, bleach”), from des- (“dis-, de-, un-”) + teindre (“to dye”), from Latin tingo.