different between tinge vs chalk

English

Etymology

The verb is derived from Latin tingere, present active infinitive of ting? (“to dip; to moisten; to colour, dye, tinge”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to dip; to soak”).

The noun is derived from the verb.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /t?n(d)?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?

Noun

tinge (plural tinges)

1. A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing.

   Synonyms: tincture, teint, (the latter two obsolete) teinture
2. The degree of vividness of a colour; hue, shade, tint.

Translations

Verb

tinge (third-person singular simple present tinges, present participle tinging or tingeing, simple past and past participle tinged)

1. (transitive) To add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing.

   Synonym: tinct
2. (transitive, figuratively) To affect or alter slightly, particularly due to the actual or metaphorical influence of some element or thing.
3. (intransitive) To change slightly in shade due to the addition of colour; (by extension) to change slightly in quality due to the addition of some other thing.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• tinged (adjective)
• tingent (archaic)
• untinged

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Teign, get in, get-in

Italian

Verb

tinge

1. third-person singular present indicative of tingere

Anagrams

• genti, tigne

Latin

Verb

tinge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ting?

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• tinga (a-infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse þinga, from Proto-Germanic *þing?n?.

Verb

tinge (present tense tingar, past tense tinga, past participle tinga, passive infinitive tingast, present participle tingande, imperative ting)

1. (transitive) to reserve; to place an order on

   Synonym: bestille

2. to subscribe (to a publication)

   Synonym: abonnere

3. to negotiate

Derived terms

• tingar
• tinge på
• tinging

Related terms

• ting

References

• “tinge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• eting, ginet, geint, ginte, tigne

Portuguese

Verb

tinge

1. third-person singular present indicative of tingir

Spanish

Noun

tinge m (plural tinges)

1. Eurasian eagle owl

English

Alternative forms

• chaulk (dated)

Etymology

From Middle English chalk, chalke, from Old English cealc, borrowed from Latin calx (“limestone”), again borrowed from Ancient Greek ????? (khálix, “pebble”). Doublet of calx and cauk.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t????k/
• (General American) enPR: chôk, IPA^(key): /t???k/
• (cot–caught merger, Inland Northern American) IPA^(key): /t???k/
  • Homophone: chock
• Rhymes: -??k

Noun

chalk (countable and uncountable, plural chalks)

1. (uncountable) A soft, white, powdery limestone.

2. (countable) A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum, that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard.

3. Tailor's chalk.
4. (uncountable, climbing) A white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing, sometimes but not always limestone-chalk.

5. (US, military, countable) A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers.
6. (US, sports, chiefly basketball, horseracing) The favorite in a sporting event.
7. (US, sports, chiefly basketball) The prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win.

Descendants

• ? Hindi: ??? (c?k)
• ? Japanese: ??? (chako), ???? (ch?ku)
• ? Nepali: ?? (cak)
• ? Swahili: chaki
• ? Swazi: íshóki
• ? Thai: ????? (ch??k)
• ? Tsonga: choko
• ? Tulu: ???? (c?k)

Translations

Verb

chalk (third-person singular simple present chalks, present participle chalking, simple past and past participle chalked)

1. To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue.

2. To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk.
3. To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field.
4. (figuratively) To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard.
5. To manure (land) with chalk.
6. To make white, as if with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.
   • Let a bleak paleness chalk the door.

Derived terms

Related terms

• calcium
• calx
• chalkboard

See also

• chalk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chalk (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chalk (military) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle English

Alternative forms

• chalke, schalk, calke, schalke

Etymology

From Old English cealc, borrowed from Latin calx, in turn borrowed from Ancient Greek ????? (khálix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?alk/
• (rare) IPA^(key): /kalk/
• Rhymes: -alk

Noun

chalk (uncountable)

1. chalk

Descendants

• English: chalk (see there for further descendants); cauk, cawk
• Scots: cauk, cawk

References

• “chalk, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-14.