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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt
• Homophone: tent (with pin-pen merger)

Etymology 1

Alteration of earlier tinct, influenced by French teinte (“tint”), from Latin tinctus (“dyed”), past participle of verb ting? (“tinge”). Cognate with Dutch tint, Estonian tint, French teinte, German Tinte, Hungarian tinta, Italian tinta, Luxembourgish Tintin, Portuguese tinta, and Spanish tinta.

Noun

tint (plural tints)

1. A slight coloring.
2. A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
3. A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.

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

4. A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.

Translations

Verb

tint (third-person singular simple present tints, present participle tinting, simple past and past participle tinted)

1. (transitive, intransitive)  To shade, to color.

Translations

See also

• tinter

Etymology 2

Unknown(?)

Alternative forms

• int

Contraction

tint

1. (Yorkshire, colloquial) it is not; it isn't; 'tisn't; it'sn't

Dutch

Etymology

Alteration of earlier tinct, from Latin tinctus (“dyed”), past participle of verb ting? (“tinge”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

tint c (plural tinten, diminutive tintje n)

1. hue

Verb

tint

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of tinten
2. imperative of tinten

Estonian

Noun

tint (genitive tindi, partitive tinti)

1. ink

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• tint in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??/

Verb

tint

1. third-person singular past historic of tenir

Livonian

Etymology

Apparently from German Tinte. See etymology at Latvian tinte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tint/

Noun

tint

1. ink
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), L?võk?el-?stik?el-le?k?el sõn?r?ntõz, Tartu, R?ga: TÜ, LVA

     tint – tint – tinte

     ink – ink – ink

Declension

Scots

Verb

tint

1. simple past tense and past participle of tyne

   An efterhin he tint a lot o weicht - Afterwards he lost a lot of weight

English

Etymology

From Middle English pigment, from Latin pigmentum (“pigment”), itself from ping? (“I paint”) + -mentum; variants of this word may have been known in Old English (e.g. 12th century pyhmentum). Doublet of pimiento, pimento, and piment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??.m?nt/

Noun

pigment (plural pigments)

1. (biology) Any color in plant or animal cells

2. A dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder

3. (obsolete) Wine flavoured with spices and honey.

Derived terms

• pigmentary

Related terms

• pimiento

Translations

Verb

pigment (third-person singular simple present pigments, present participle pigmenting, simple past and past participle pigmented)

1. (transitive) To add color or pigment to something.

Derived terms

• pigmentation

Translations

Anagrams

• empting, temping

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin pigmentum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /pi??ment/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /pi??men/

Noun

pigment m (plural pigments)

1. pigment

Derived terms

• pigmentar

Further reading

• “pigment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pigment” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “pigment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pigment” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pigmentum (“pigment”), itself from ping? (“I paint”) + -mentum.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pig?ment
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

pigment n (plural pigmenten, diminutive pigmentje n)

1. pigment, coloring substance

Derived terms

• pigmentatie
• pigmenteren
• pigmentering
• pigmentpapier n
• pigmentvreter m

Related terms

• kleurstof

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pigmentum (“pigment”), itself from ping? (“I paint”) + -mentum. Doublet of piment, a borrowing from Spanish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi?.m??/

Noun

pigment m (plural pigments)

1. pigment, coloring substance

Derived terms

• pigmentaire
• pigmentation
• pigmenter

Further reading

• “pigment” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Alternative forms

• pygment

Etymology

From Latin pigmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pi?m?nt/

Noun

pigment (plural pigmentes)

1. A spice or a blend of them.
2. A red pigment.

Descendants

• English: pigment

References

• “pigment, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pigmentum

Noun

pigment n (definite singular pigmentet, indefinite plural pigment or pigmenter, definite plural pigmenta or pigmentene)

1. a pigment

References

• “pigment” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pigmentum

Noun

pigment n (definite singular pigmentet, indefinite plural pigment, definite plural pigmenta)

1. a pigment

References

• “pigment” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Latin pigmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?i?.m?nt/

Noun

pigment m inan

1. (biology) pigment (any color in plant or animal cells)
2. pigment (dry colorant)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjectives) pigmentowy, pigmentowany

Related terms

• (noun) pigmentacja
• (adjective) pigmentacyjny

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pigment, Latin pigmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi??ment/

Noun

pigment n (plural pigmen?i)

1. pigment

Declension

Related terms

• pigmenta
• pigmenta?ie

Further reading

• pigment in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Pigment, from Latin pigmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??ment/
• Hyphenation: pi?gment

Noun

pìgment m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. pigment

Declension

References

• “pigment” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal