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paint

/ˈpeɪnt/PAYNT
/ˈpeɪnt/PAYNT

Meaningto colour in

Common meaning: to put colour on

Journey through time

  1. Latinpingō, pīnxī, pictum‘to paint, colour in’
  2. Old Frenchpeintsource
  3. Middle Englishpeintensource
  4. Englishpaint‘to put colour on’ · today

paint also in: depictpicturepigment

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin pingō ‘to paint, colour in’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry pingō, p. 1378 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

depictpicturepigment

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