tincture

n.

1. A coloring or dyeing substance; a pigment.
2. An imparted color; a tint.
3. A quality that colors, pervades, or distinguishes.
4. A trace or vestige: “a faint tincture of condescension” (Robert Craft).
5. An alcohol solution of a nonvolatile medicine: tincture of iodine.
6. Heraldry. A metal, color, or fur.

tr.v., -tured, -tur·ing, -tures.

1. To stain or tint with a color.
2. To infuse, as with a quality; impregnate.

[Middle English, from Latin tīnctūra, a dyeing, from tīnctus, past participle of tingere, to dye.]

A solution with alcohol as the solvent (e.g. tincture of iodine).

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noun

Something that imparts color: color, colorant, coloring, dye, dyestuff, pigment, stain. See colors/colorless.

verb

To impart color to: color, dye, stain, tint. See colors/colorless.

(tink′chur)
n

An alcoholic, hydroalcoholic, or ethereal solution of a drug.

An alcoholic or hydroalcoholic solution prepared from an animal or vegetable drug or a chemical substance.

• benzoin t., compound — a mixture of benzoin, aloes, storax and tolu balsam in alcohol; used as a topical protectant.
• iodine t. — a mixture of iodine and sodium iodide in a menstruum of alcohol and water; used as an anti-infective for the skin.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - farvenuance, skær, anstrøg
v. tr. - farve, give et anstrøg af farve

Nederlands (Dutch)
tinctuur, kleurstof, tinten

Français (French)
n. - (Pharm) teinture, trace, (Hérald) émail
v. tr. - teinter

Deutsch (German)
n. - Tinktur, alkoholischer Auszug, Beigeschmack, Färbung
v. - leicht färben, einen Anstrich geben

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ιατρ.) βάμμα (ιωδίου), απόχρωση, χροιά
v. - χρωματίζω, δίνω χροιά

Italiano (Italian)
tintura, tingere

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tintura (f), traços (m pl), matiz (m), cor (f)
v. - colorir, impregnar, tingir

Русский (Russian)
тинктура, раствор, настойка, привкус, оттенок, налет, придавать оттенок, окрашивать

Español (Spanish)
n. - tintura, color, tinte
v. tr. - teñir, matizar, colorar, tinturar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tinktur
v. - färga, prägla

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
酊, 气息, 迹象, 特征, 颜色, 色彩, 染, 使充满, 使有气息

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 酊, 氣息, 跡象, 特徵, 顏色, 色彩
v. tr. - 染, 使充滿, 使有氣息

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 허울, 기미, 채색
v. tr. - 색을 입히다, 염색하다, ~의 맛을 내다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - チンキ, 気味, …気味なところ
v. - 気味を帯びさせる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) لون, صبغ (فعل) يشبع, يصبغ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צבע, גוון, משרה, תמיסת-כוהל, שמץ, קורטוב, משקה חריף (מדוברת)‬
v. tr. - ‮גיוון, תיבל‬

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