teint

See also: Teint

English

Etymology

From French teint, teinte. See tint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teɪnt/
• Rhymes: -eɪnt

Noun

teint (plural teints)

1. (obsolete) Colour, tinge; tint.
   • a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “Epistle the Fourteenth. To Sir Godfrey Kneller, Principal Painter to His Majesty.”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume II, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, →OCLC, page 201:

     For time ſhall with his ready pencil ſtand; / Retouch your figures with his ripening hand; / Mellow your colors, and imbrown the teint; / Add every grace, which time alone can grant; / To future ages ſhall your fame convey, / And give more beauties than he takes away.

   • 1811, Percy Bysshe Shelley, St. Irvyne; or, the Rosicrucian, Chapter VII:

     The paleness of Madame de St. Irvyne's cheek, on which the only teint was an occasional and hectic flush, announced that the illness which consumed her, rapidly increased, and would soon lead her gently to the gates of death.

   • 1844, Mary Noel McDonald, Poems, The Dying Boy:

     There was no rose-teint on his wasted cheek

References

• “teint”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• ettin, tinet

Danish

Etymology

From French teint (“complexion”), from teindre (“to dye, tint”), from Latin tingere (“to colour, dye, tinge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛnɡ/, [tˢɛŋ]

Noun

teint c (singular definite teinten, not used in plural form)

1. complexion (appearance of the skin on the face)

Further reading

• “teint” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, from Latin tinctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

  (file)

• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

  (file)

• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

  (file)

• Homophones: tain, teins, thym, tins, tint, tînt
• Rhymes: -ɛ̃

Participle

teint (feminine teinte, masculine plural teints, feminine plural teintes)

1. past participle of teindre

Verb

teint

1. third-person singular present indicative of teindre

Adjective

teint (feminine teinte, masculine plural teints, feminine plural teintes)

1. dyed; tinted

Noun

teint m (plural teints)

1. tint

Derived terms

• fond de teint

Related terms

• teinte
• teinture

Descendants

• → Danish: teint
• → German: Teint
• → Romanian: ten

Further reading

• “teint”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• tetin, tétin, tient

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French teint.

Noun

teint c

1. complexion (color and appearance of skin on the face)

Declension

Declension of teint

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	teint	teints
	definite	teinten	teintens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• teint in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• teint in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)