tinta

See also: tintá and țintă

English

Etymology

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Noun

tinta (countable and uncountable, plural tintas)

1. (archaic) A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain.

   Synonym: tent wine

2. Tinta roriz; tempranillo.
3. Tinta barroca; a grape variety used in the production of Portuguese port wine.
4. Tinta Francesa; cabernet franc.
5. Tinta miúda; a lesser-known grape variety that is used in blends of some Portuguese wines.

See also

• tent

Anagrams

• 'taint, Nitta, Tanit, Titan, nitta, taint, titan

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin tincta (“dyed”), perfect passive participle of tingō (“dye”, verb).

Noun

tinta f (plural tintes)

1. ink (coloured fluid used for writing)

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tincta (“dyed”), perfect passive participle of tingō (“dye”, verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtin.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtin.ta]

Noun

tinta f (plural tintes)

1. ink
2. dye
3. (art) colour, tint

   mitja tinta ― half-tint

Derived terms

• de bona tinta
• entintar
• mitges tintes
• tinter

Related terms

• tenyir
• tint
• tintura

Further reading

• “tinta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “tinta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tinta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “tinta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Chamorro

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tinta.

Noun

tinta

1. ink

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish tinta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtinta/, [ˈt̪ĩn̪.t̪a]
• Hyphenation: tin‧ta

Noun

tinta

1. ink

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ̃.ta/
• Homophones: tintas, tintât

Verb

tinta

1. third-person singular past historic of tinter

Galician

Tinta

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtinta/ [ˈt̪in̪.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -inta
• Hyphenation: tin‧ta

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tinta, tĩta, from Latin tincta (“dyed”), perfect passive participle of tingō (“dye”, verb).

Noun

tinta f (plural tintas)

1. ink (coloured fluid used for writing)
   • 1457, Fernando R. Tato Plaza, editor, Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos, Santiago: Concello da Cultura Galega, page 173:

     Boa tĩta se deue faser en esta guisa: Para hũu neto de tĩta, õça e media de agalla

     The good ink must be prepared in this manner: for preparing a neto of ink, an ounce and a half of oak gall ..

2. ink (the black or dark-colored fluid ejected by squid, octopus etc, as a protective strategy)

   Synonym: borra

3. red grape
4. a particular sickness of the chestnut trees

Derived terms

• tinteiro

 

Related terms

• tinguir
• tinto
• tintura

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

tinta f sg

1. dyed; colored; reddish (feminine singular of tinto)
   • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 381:

     Et morrerõ y muytas gentes dambas partes, en guisa que [a] agoa de Doyro toda ya tinta de sangue

     And may people died there, from both sides, so that the water of the Douro river went dyed with blood

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tinta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tinta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tinta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tinta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tinta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tincta (“dyed”), perfect passive participle of tingō (“dye”, verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtintɒ]
• Hyphenation: tin‧ta
• Rhymes: -tɒ

Noun

tinta (plural tinták)

1. ink
2. (slang) booze

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	tinta	tinták
accusative	tintát	tintákat
dative	tintának	tintáknak
instrumental	tintával	tintákkal
causal-final	tintáért	tintákért
translative	tintává	tintákká
terminative	tintáig	tintákig
essive-formal	tintaként	tintákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	tintában	tintákban
superessive	tintán	tintákon
adessive	tintánál	tintáknál
illative	tintába	tintákba
sublative	tintára	tintákra
allative	tintához	tintákhoz
elative	tintából	tintákból
delative	tintáról	tintákról
ablative	tintától	tintáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	tintáé	tintáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	tintáéi	tintákéi

Possessive forms of tinta
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	tintám	tintáim
2nd person sing.	tintád	tintáid
3rd person sing.	tintája	tintái
1st person plural	tintánk	tintáink
2nd person plural	tintátok	tintáitok
3rd person plural	tintájuk	tintáik

Derived terms

• tintás
• tintáz
• tintázik

 

Compound words

• tintahal
• tintapatron
• tintapárna
• tintatartó

 

Further reading

• tinta in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tinta, from Portuguese tinta, from Old Galician-Portuguese tinta, tĩta, from Latin tincta (“dyed”), perfect passive participle of tingō (“dye”, verb).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtinta/ [ˈt̪in.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -inta
• Syllabification: tin‧ta

Noun

tinta

1. ink

   Synonyms: (both obsolete) dawat, mangsi

Derived terms

• menintai
• peninta
• penintaan
• tinta cetak
• tinta cina
• tinta emas
• tinta koran
• tinta litografi
• tinta stensil

 

Further reading

• “tinta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Noun

tinta (plural tintas)

1. paint

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtin.ta/
• Rhymes: -inta
• Hyphenation: tìn‧ta

Etymology 1

From Latin tincta (“dyed”), perfect passive participle of tingō (“dye”, verb).

Noun

tinta f (plural tinte)

1. dye
2. colour/color
3. paint

Derived terms

• in tinta unita (“plain, self-colored”)
• tinteggiare (“to paint”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

tinta f sg

1. feminine singular of tinto

Further reading

• tinta in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• tinta in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• tinta in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• tinta in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• tinta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• tanti

Kashubian

Tintë

Alternative forms

• tińta, tint

Etymology

Borrowed from German Tinte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtin.ta/
• Rhymes: -inta
• Syllabification: tin‧ta

Noun

tinta f (related adjective tintowi)

1. ink (fluid used for writing)

   Synonym: atrameńt

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “atrament”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “atrament”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “tinta”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀢𑀺𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• तिन्त (Devanagari script)
• তিন্ত (Bengali script)
• තින‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
• တိန္တ or တိၼ္တ or တိၼ်တ (Burmese script)
• ตินฺต or ตินตะ (Thai script)
• ᨲᩥᨶ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ຕິນ຺ຕ or ຕິນຕະ (Lao script)
• តិន្ត (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄨𑄚𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

Adjective

tinta

1. wet
2. moist

Portuguese

tinta

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃĩ.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃĩ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃĩ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtĩ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: tin‧ta

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese tinta, tĩta, from Latin tincta (“dyed”), perfect passive participle of tingō (“dye”, verb).

Noun

tinta f (plural tintas)

1. paint
2. ink
3. dye

Derived terms

• tinteiro
• troca-tintas
• estar-se nas tintas
• fazer correr muita tinta

Related terms

• tingir

Descendants

• → Konkani: तींत (tīnta)
• → Malay: tinta
  • Indonesian: tinta

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

tinta

1. feminine singular of tinto

Etymology 3

Verb

tinta

1. inflection of tintar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “tinta”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “tinta”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “tinta” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “tinta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “tinta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “tinta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Sassarese

ampulli di tinta – ink bottles

Etymology

From Catalan and Spanish tinta, from Latin tīncta, derived from tingō (“I wet; I colour, dye”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtinta/

Noun

tinta f (plural tinti)

1. (uncountable) ink (coloured fluid used for writing)
2. ink (particular type of this fluid)
3. (uncountable) ink (dark fluid ejected by squid etc.)
4. dye
5. paint job

Related terms

• tignidori
• tignì
• tinteggiaddura
• tintori
• tintu
• tintura
• tinturia

 

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Tinte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtin.ta/
• Rhymes: -inta
• Syllabification: tin‧ta

Noun

tinta f

1. ink (pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing)

Further reading

• Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “tinta”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian lects], Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 294

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtinta/ [ˈt̪ĩn̪.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -inta
• Syllabification: tin‧ta

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin tincta (“dyed”), perfect passive participle of tingō (“dye”, verb). Cognate with English tint, Dutch tint, Estonian tint, French teinte, German Tinte, Hungarian tinta, Italian tinta, Luxembourgish Tintin, and Portuguese tinta.

Noun

tinta f (plural tintas)

1. (writing) ink

Derived terms

• cagatintas
• cargar las tintas
• chupatintas
• de buena tinta
• medias tintas
• sudar tinta
• tinta china
• tinterillo
• tintero

 

Related terms

• teñir
• tinto
• tintura

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: tinta
• → Tataltepec Chatino: tintya
• → Yogad: tinta

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

tinta

1. feminine singular of tinto

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tinta

1. inflection of tintar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “tinto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Anagrams

• titán

Swazi

Noun

tínta class 10

1. pubic hair

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tinta, from Latin tincta. Compare English tint. Doublet of tina.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtinta/ [ˈt̪in̪.t̪ɐ], /tinˈta/ [t̪ɪn̪ˈt̪a]
• Rhymes: -inta, -a
• Syllabification: tin‧ta

Noun

tinta or tintá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. ink (used in writing, drawing, printing, etc.)
2. ink (of cephalopods)

Derived terms

• matinta
• matintahan
• tintahan
• tintahin

 

Related terms

• tintero
• tina

See also

• dingsol

Further reading

• “tinta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Yogad

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tinta (“ink”).

Noun

tinta

1. ink