different between dye vs paintball

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da?/
• Rhymes: -a?
• Homophones: die, Di, Dai

Etymology 1

From Middle English deie, from Old English d?ah, d?ag (“color, hue, dye”), from Proto-Germanic *daug? (“colour, shade”), from *daugan?, *dug- (“to conceal, be dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewh?- (“to smoke, raise dust, camouflage”).

The verb is from Middle English deien, from Old English d?agian, from the noun.

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) die

Noun

dye (countable and uncountable, plural dyes)

1. A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
2. Any hue, color, or blee.

Synonyms

• colourant
• tincture

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• ink

Verb

dye (third-person singular simple present dyes, present participle dyeing, simple past and past participle dyed)

1. (transitive) To colour with dye, or as if with dye.

Synonyms

• (to color): tint, stain, shade, streak

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

dye (plural dyce)

1. Alternative spelling of die (“singular of dice”)
   • 1748. David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 46:

     If a dye were marked with one figure or number of spots on four sides, and with another figure or number of spots on the two remaining sides, it would be more probable, that the former would turn up than the latter;

Translations

Anagrams

• Dey, dey, ye'd, yed

Afrikaans

Noun

dye

1. plural of dy

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French dieu (“god”).

Noun

dye

1. god

English

Etymology

paint +? ball

Pronunciation

Noun

paintball (countable and uncountable, plural paintballs)

1. (uncountable) A sport where teams shoot each other with gelatin capsules filled with paint-like dye.
2. (countable) The dye-filled capsule fired in the sport of paintball.

Translations

See also

• laser tag
• dart tag
• archery tag
• tagball

Verb

paintball (third-person singular simple present paintballs, present participle paintballing, simple past and past participle paintballed)

1. To engage in the sport of paintball.
2. To shoot someone using a paintball gun.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?nt.b?l/

Noun

paintball m (uncountable)

1. paintball

Polish

Etymology

From English paintball.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?j.ntb?l/

Noun

paintball m inan

1. paintball (sport)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) paintballowy

Further reading

• paintball in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• paintball in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

paintball m (uncountable)

1. paintball

Hypernyms

• deporte de combate