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tint

/ˈtɪnt/TINT
/ˈtɪnt/TINT

Meaninga dye

Common meaning: a shade of colour

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√TWAK‘dip, to wash’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 142, p. 735 · scan
  2. Latintingō, -ere, tīnxī, tīnctum‘to wet, dye’
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsto wet, dye → a shade of colourtint‘a shade of colour’ · today

tint also in: tincture

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.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin tingō ‘to wet, dye’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry tingō, p. 1873 · dictionary scan

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Related words

tincture

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