tinge

English
WOTD – 2 July 2019

Etymology

From Latin tingere,[1] present active infinitive of tingō (“to dip; to moisten; to colour, dye, tinge”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to dip; to soak”).

The noun is derived from the verb.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

tinge (plural tinges)

  1. A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing.
    Synonyms: tincture, teint, teinture (the latter two obsolete)
  2. The degree of vividness of a colour; hue, shade, tint.
Translations
degree of vividness of a colour — See also translations at hue,‎ shade,‎ tint

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.
    • Addison
      His virtues, as well as imperfections, are tinged by a certain extravagance.
  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
Conjugation of tinge
infinitive (to) tinge
present tense past tense
1st person singular tinge tinged
2nd person singular tinge, tingest*
3rd person singular tinges, tingeth*
plural tinge
subjunctive tinge
imperative tinge —
participles tinging tinged
* Archaic or obsolete.

Derived terms

Translations
to add a small amount of colour — See also translations at tint

References
  1. “tinge, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1912; “tinge” (US) / “tinge” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.
  2. “tinge, n.1”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1912.

Anagrams

Italian

Verb

tinge

  1. third-person singular present indicative of tingere

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

tinge

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of tingō

Portuguese

Verb

tinge

  1. third-person singular present indicative of tingir

Spanish

Noun

tinge m (plural tinges)

  1. Eurasian eagle owl
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