tinge
A small added amount of colourA small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» Her cheeks were tinged with pink.
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3 senses(countable, uncountable)A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing.
Färbung, Tönung
відті́нокvidtínok, до́мішкаdómiška
(countable, uncountable)The degree of vividness of a colour; hue, shade, tint.
(UK, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable)A draper's or clothier's markup.
- a pale or subdued color
- a slight but appreciable amount
Examples
16 sentencesTranslations
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Origin
The verb is derived from Latin tingere, present active infinitive of tingō (“to dip; to moThe verb is derived from Latin tingere, present active infinitive of tingō (“to dip; to moisten; to colour, dye, tinge”).
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Forms
plural: tingesSynonyms
12 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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