tincture
tinct·ure/ˈtɪŋ(k)t͡ʃɚ/noun, verb
tincture is spelled T-I-N-C-T-U-R-E: 8 letters and 2 syllables (tinct·ure). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tincture means “A colour or tint, especially if produced by a pigment or something which stains; a tinge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tincture is tinctures.
How many letters and syllables are in tincture?
| Letters | 8: T-I-N-C-T-U-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: tinct·ure |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 43,187th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is tincture?
Tincture appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce tincture?
- UK /ˈtɪŋ(k)tʃə/
- UK /ˈtɪŋktjʊə/
- US /ˈtɪŋ(k)t͡ʃɚ/
Tincture has 2 syllables, split tinct·ure in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-tincture.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tincture?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tincture (/ɪŋtʃəɹ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: intercut.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of tincture
- tinctures plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- tincturing participle, present
- tinctured participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tincture mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteA pigment or other substance that colours or dyes; specifically, a pigment used as a cosmetic.
- 2
A colour or tint, especially if produced by a pigment or something which stains; a tinge.
- 3
A slight addition of a thing to something else; a shade, a touch, a trace.
- 4
A hue or pattern used in the depiction of a coat of arms.
- 5
obsoleteThe act of colouring or dyeing.
- 6
obsoleteA slight physical quality other than colour (especially taste), or an abstract quality, added to something; a tinge.
a tincture of orange peel
- 7
obsoleteA small flaw; a blemish, a stain.
- 8
obsoleteSynonym of baptism.
verb
- 1
To colour or stain (something) with, or as if with, a dye or pigment.
- 2
Followed by with: to add to or impregnate (something) with (a slight amount of) an abstract or (obsolete) physical quality; to imbue, to taint, to tinge.
- 3
To dissolve (a substance) in ethanol or some other solvent to produce a medicinal tincture.
- 4
rareTo have a taint or tinge of some quality.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate tincture?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of tincture: tinct.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tincture in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does tincture come from?
The noun is derived from Late Middle English tincture (“a dye, pigment; a colour, hue, tint; process of colouring or dyeing; medicinal ointment or salve (perhaps one discolouring the skin); use of a medicinal tincture; (alchemy) transmutation of base metals into gold; ability to cause such transmutation; substance supposed to cause such transmutation”) [and other forms], borrowed from Latin tīnctūra (“act of dyeing”) + Middle English -ure (suffix indicating an action or a process and the means or result of that action or process).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).