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. (transitive) 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. (intransitive) To become stained; to take a stain.
5. (transitive) 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

paint

speck

dirt

stigma

discoloration

blotch

flaw

besmirch

defile

pigment

speckle

tincture

smut

filth

blur

defect

scar

contaminate

staining

get dirty

pollute

make dirty

discolouration

discolor

maculate

grime

slur

foul

brand

rust

spoil

colouring

spatter

Traductions

mancha

Fleck

macchia

manchar

mancha

vlek

macchiare

taca

κηλίδα

beflecken

färben

teñir

bevlekken

smetten

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/steɪn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: steinen

Appartenant à ancien anglais: stān

In summary

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 wamm (“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.