tint
English
/tɪnt/
noun
Definitions
- A slight coloring.
- A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
- A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.
- A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
Etymology
Derived from French teinte (tint) derived from Latin tinctus (dyed).
Origin
Latin
tinctus
Gloss
dyed
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- demitint English
- electrotint English
- lithotint English
- monotint English
- retint English
- tinct English
- tintable English
- tinter English
- tintiness English
- tintless English
- tintlessness English
- tintometer English
- tinty English
- undertint English
- tincta Latin
- tincta (aqua) Latin
- tinctus Latin
- Tinte German
- Tintenfass German
- Tintenfisch German
- Tintenklecks German
- Tintenstrahldrucker German
- tinta Hungarian
- tintahal Hungarian
- tintatartó Hungarian
- tinták Hungarian
- tintázik Hungarian
- fondotinta Italian
- tinta Italian
- tinteggiare Italian
- tinto Italian
- tint Dutch, Flemish
- demi-teinte French
- teint French
- teinte French
- cagatintas Spanish, Castilian
- tinta Spanish, Castilian
- tinto Spanish, Castilian
- tinta Portuguese
- tinteiro Portuguese
- tinta Indonesian
- tinte Latvian
- tincte Middle High German
- tinta Old Portuguese
- tinto Old Portuguese
- tint Livonian
- tinta Silesian
- tintya Tataltepec Chatino