tingere

Italian

Alternative forms

• tignere (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin tingere (“to dye, to paint”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to soak, to dip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtin.d͡ʒe.re/
• Rhymes: -indʒere
• Hyphenation: tìn‧ge‧re

Verb

tìngere (first-person singular present tìngo, first-person singular past historic tìnsi, past participle tìnto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

1. to dye, to paint
2. to stain, to soil
3. (figurative, poetic) to stain (morally)
4. (poetic) to wet, to moisten
5. (figurative, literary) to tinge, to color

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tìngere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	tìngere
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		tingèndo
present participle		tingènte	past participle		tìnto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	tìngo	tìngi	tìnge	tingiàmo	tingéte	tìngono
imperfect	tingévo	tingévi	tingéva	tingevàmo	tingevàte	tingévano
past historic	tìnsi	tingésti	tìnse	tingémmo	tingéste	tìnsero
future	tingerò	tingerài	tingerà	tingerémo	tingeréte	tingerànno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	tingerèi	tingerésti	tingerèbbe, tingerébbe	tingerémmo	tingeréste	tingerèbbero, tingerébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	tìnga	tìnga	tìnga	tingiàmo	tingiàte	tìngano
imperfect	tingéssi	tingéssi	tingésse	tingéssimo	tingéste	tingéssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		tìngi	tìnga	tingiàmo	tingéte	tìngano
negative imperative		non tìngere	non tìnga	non tingiàmo	non tingéte	non tìngano

Derived terms

• ritingere
• stingere (“to fade”)
• tingitura

Related terms

• intingere

Anagrams

• gerenti, integre

Latin

Verb

tingēre

1. second-person singular future passive indicative of tingō

Verb

tingere

1. inflection of tingō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative