teint

From French teint, teinte. See tint.

• IPA^(key): /teɪnt/
• Rhymes: -eɪnt

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.

• ettin, tinet

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

• IPA^(key): /tɛnɡ/, [tˢɛŋ]

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

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

• “teint” in Den Danske Ordbog

Inherited from Old French, from Latin tinctus.

• IPA^(key): /tɛ̃/

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

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

1. past participle of teindre

teint

1. third-person singular present indicative of teindre

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

1. dyed; tinted

teint m (plural teints)

1. tint

• fond de teint

• teinte
• teinture

• → Danish: teint
• → German: Teint

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

• tetin, tétin, tient

Borrowed from French teint.

teint c

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

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