tint

Meaning

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

Concepts

tint

dye

color

tinge

hue

colour

shade

stain

paint

tone

tincture

nuance

pigment

cast

chromaticity

pigmentation

undertone

touch

slant

tinct

Amer

lacquer

stipple

light-colored

pale

undertint

subtlety

appearance

aspect

dyeing

colorant

cosmetics

rinse

bloom

shading

complexion

decorate

diluted colour

lightish

breath

glimpse

hint

shadow

suggestion

trace

gradate

spin

color in

colorise

colorize

colour in

colourise

colourize

embroider

Brit

coloring

color tone

gleam

crayon

inflection

spillway

tonality

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɪnt/

Etymology

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.