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tinter
English
Etymology
tint +? -er
Noun
tinter (plural tinters)
- One who tints.
- A special slide used with a magic lantern to produce effects such as moonlight.
Anagrams
- nitter, retint, ritten
Catalan
Etymology
tinta +? -er
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /tin?te/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /tin?te?/
Noun
tinter m (plural tinters)
- inkwell
Further reading
- “tinter” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “tinter” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “tinter” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “tinter” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *tinnit?, frequentative of Latin tinni?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??.te/
- Homophones: teinté, teintée, teintées, teinter, teintés, tintez, tinté, tintée, tintées, tintés, tintez
Verb
tinter
- (transitive, intransitive) to chime; to jingle
- (intransitive, of ears) to ring
Conjugation
Further reading
- “tinter” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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tinker
English
Etymology
From Middle English tinkere, perhaps from Old English *tincere, from tin (“tin”) + Old English *cere (as in b?ocere (“beekeeper”)), from Proto-Germanic *kazjaz (“vessel-maker”), from Proto-Germanic *kaz? (“vessel; vat; tub”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t??k?(?)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?t??k?/
- Hyphenation: tin?ker
- Rhymes: -??k?(?)
Noun
tinker (plural tinkers)
- An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.
- (dated, chiefly Britain and Ireland, offensive) A member of the Irish Traveller community. A gypsy.
- (usually with "little") A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
- Someone who repairs, or attempts repair, on anything mechanical, or who invents such devices; one who tinkers; a tinkerer.
- The act of repair or invention. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (military, obsolete) A hand mortar.
- Any of various fish: the chub mackerel, the silverside, the skate, or a young mackerel about two years old.
- A bird, the razor-billed auk.
Synonyms
- (mischievous person): rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scamp, scoundrel
- (member of the travelling community): traveller
Derived terms
- if ifs and ands were pots and pans, there'd be no work for tinkers' hands
Translations
Verb
tinker (third-person singular simple present tinkers, present participle tinkering, simple past and past participle tinkered)
- (intransitive) To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.
- (intransitive) To work as a tinker.
- (transitive) To tinker with; to tweak or attempt to fix.
- 1894, Thomas Hardy, A Few Crusted Characters
- the broken bureau-lock and tinkered window-pane
- 1894, Thomas Hardy, A Few Crusted Characters
Translations
See also
- tinker, tailor
- tinker's damn
Further reading
- tinker in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Kinter, reknit
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