/ tɪnt; NAmE / noun , verb
■ noun
1.
a shade or small amount of a particular colour; a faint colour covering a surface :
leaves with red and gold autumn tints
the brownish tint of an old photo
➡ note at colour
2.
an artificial colour used to change the colour of your hair; the act of colouring the hair with a tint :
a blond tint
to have a tint
■ verb [ vn ]
1.
[ usually passive ] tint sth (with sth) to add a small amount of colour to sth
2.
to change the colour of sb's hair with a tint
► tint·ed adjective :
tinted glasses
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WORD ORIGIN
early 18th cent.: alteration (perhaps influenced by Italian tinta ) of obsolete tinct to colour, tint , from Latin tinctus dyeing, from tingere to dye or colour.