Tint Meaning
/tɪnt/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA slight coloring.
nounA pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
Sentence Examples
The video had a faint yellow tint over everything.
CEFR Practice Quiz
She added a drop of blue dye to ____ the white paint slightly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She decided to add a slight pink ____ to her hair to give it a more vibrant and interesting look for the party today.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"About an hour later, she noticed an all black Phantom with tints and chrome rims riding slowly through the car lot."
— 2010, Rochelle Magee, No Witnesses: A Perilous Journey, page 36:
"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."
— 2021, Carol Park, Memoir of a Cashier: Korean Americans, Racism, and Riots:
"The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise."
— 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She added a drop of blue dye to ____ the white paint slightly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She decided to add a slight pink ____ to her hair to give it a more vibrant and interesting look for the party today.