tint

CEFRB2

/tɪnt/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small amount of a particular color.

  2. 02

    verb

    To add a small amount of color to something.

Examples

  • The video had a faint yellow tint over everything.

  • Red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
3
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.

  2. A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)

  3. A slight coloring.

More examples

In context

  • About an hour later, she noticed an all black Phantom with tints and chrome rims riding slowly through the car lot.

  • I'd watch as cars marched by like a line of ants. Cars with those cool hydraulics. Cars with tints so dark, you couldn't see anything inside.

Synonyms

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She added a drop of blue dye to blank the white paint slightly.

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Origin

noun

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.