tinge
pronunciation
How to pronounce tinge in British English:
UK [tɪndʒ]
How to pronounce tinge in American English:
US [tɪndʒ]
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- Noun:
- a slight but appreciable addition
- a pale or subdued color
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- Verb:
- suffuse with color
- affect as in thought or feeling
- dye with a color
Word Origin
- tinge
- tinge: [15] Etymologically, tinge denotes ‘soak, moisten’. That is what its Latin source, tingere, originally meant. The notion of ‘colour’ comes from a secondary Latin sense, ‘dye’, which arose from the concept of ‘dipping in liquid dye’. The Latin past participle, tinctus, lies behind English taint [14], tincture [14], and tint [18].=> taint, tincture, tint
- tinge (v.)
- late 15c., "to dye, color slightly," from Latin tingere "to dye, color" (see tincture). Related: Tinged. The noun is first recorded 1752.
Example
- 1. Mr obama 's campaign has a populist tinge .
- 2. In this astronaut photograph , the ocean surface near the southeastern half of the island has a slight grey tinge due to sunglint , or light reflecting off the water surface back towards the international space station .
- 3. But mrs clinton 's words have taken on a prophetic tinge .
- 4. This poor performance has a racial tinge .
- 5. Public opinion in turkey has recently taken on a noticeably anti-american and anti-european tinge .