paint

A1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /peɪnt/ See IPA manual

Freq #1783

Meanings

1

noun
A coloured liquid that is spread onto a surface and dries to protect it or add colour.

The walls needed a fresh coat of paint.
2

verb
To cover a surface with paint.

We spent the weekend painting the fence white.
3

verb
To make a picture using paint.

She loves to paint landscapes of the mountains.

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Forms bepaintpaintedpaints

Derived forms bepaintbodypaintcorpsepaintdepaintdigipaintelectropainteyepaintfacepaintfinger-paintfingerpaintgreasepaintimpaint

Related forms picture

Etymology

From Middle English peynten, from Old French peintier, paincter, itself from paint, the past participle of paindre, from Latin pingō (“to paint”) (perfect passive participle pictus). Displaced native Old English tēafor (“paint”), *tīefran (“to paint”); and Old English mētan (“to paint”) and mǣlan (“to paint, mark with colour”).

peynten Middle English peintier Old French pingō Latin

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# paint

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /peɪnt/
**Frequency rank:** 1783

## Meanings
1. A coloured liquid that is spread onto a surface and dries to protect it or add colour.
2. To cover a surface with paint.
3. To make a picture using paint.

## Examples
- The walls needed a fresh coat of paint.
- We spent the weekend painting the fence white.
- She loves to paint landscapes of the mountains.

## Derived Forms
- bepaint
- bodypaint
- corpsepaint
- depaint
- digipaint
- electropaint
- eyepaint
- facepaint
- finger-paint
- fingerpaint
- greasepaint
- impaint

## Related Forms
- picture

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: peynten
- Root: peintier
- Root: pingō

## Etymology
From Middle English peynten, from Old French peintier, paincter, itself from paint, the past participle of paindre, from Latin pingō (“to paint”) (perfect passive participle pictus). Displaced native Old English tēafor (“paint”), *tīefran (“to paint”); and Old English mētan (“to paint”) and mǣlan (“to paint, mark with colour”).

## AI Etymology
Paint comes from Middle English peynten, from Old French peintier, paincter, itself from paint, the past participle of paindre, from Latin pingō (“to paint”) (perfect passive participle pictus). Displaced native Old English tēafor (“paint”), *tīefran (“to paint”); and Old English mētan (“to paint”) and mǣlan (“to paint, mark with colour”). Modern senses include a coloured liquid that is spread onto a surface and dries to protect it or add colour and to cover a surface with paint. The wider word family includes derivatives such as bepaint, bodypaint, corpsepaint, depaint, digipaint, and electropaint and related forms such as picture.

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- Describing Qualities

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