[tɪnt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a shade or variety of a colour
(e.g: the sky was taking on an apricot tint)

- an artificial dye for colouring the hair


Phrases:

Origin:
early 18th century: alteration (perhaps influenced by Italian tinta) of obsolete tinct ‘to colour, tint’, from Latin tinctus ‘dyeing’, from tingere ‘to dye or colour’

[tɪnt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- colour (something) slightly; tinge
(e.g: her skin was tinted with delicate colour)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 18th century: alteration (perhaps influenced by Italian tinta) of obsolete tinct ‘to colour, tint’, from Latin tinctus ‘dyeing’, from tingere ‘to dye or colour’