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English

Etymology
From obsolete hent, from Old English hentan "to seize," from Proto-Germanic *khantijanan.

Pronunciation
IPA|/hɪnt/, SAMPA|/hInt/
audio|en-us-hint.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪnt|-ɪnt

Noun
en-noun

1. A clue.

#:I needed a hint to complete the crossword.

1. A small, barely detectable amount of.

#:This entry requires a hint of irony.

1. Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering. Also known as hinting.

#:This font does not scale well; at small point sizes it has no hinting at all, and the hints that it has for the 10- and 12-point letter 'g' still need work.

Translations
Finnish: vihje (1)
Japanese: ��� (hinto) (1)

Verb
en-verb

1. To deliberately imply, indirectly suggest, or provide a clue.

#:She hinted at the possibility of a recount of the votes.

1. To develop and add hints to a font.

#:The typographer worked all day on hinting her new font so it would look good on computer screens.

Translations
Finnish: vihjata (1), vihjailla (1)
French: allusion f (1)
Italian: indizio, aiuto, dritta
Japanese: ����� (honomekasu)(1)
Spanish: indicio (1), pista (1), pizca (2)

Hungarian
Verb
hint

1. to scatter

#:A cukrász porcukrot hint a süteményre.

Category:Hungarian verbs

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• 2007-10-04 22:32 - Interwicket - iwiki +te, yi

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