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Word entry · 4 letters

tint

Best crossword clue

"Light color shade"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /tɪnt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted inttStarts with TEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A slight shade or trace of color.

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • Red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints.
  • About an hour later, she noticed an all black Phantom with tints and chrome rims riding slowly through the car lot.
  • 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.

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