染まった
解説 Definition
tinged は、ある色や感情が少し混じって「染まった」「帯びた」状態を表す形容詞です。色についてだけでなく、悲しみや不安などの気持ちが少し含まれている場合にも使われます。
Tinged describes something that has been given a slight trace of a color, feeling, or quality rather than being completely changed by it. It is commonly followed by “with,” as in “tinged with pink” or “tinged with sadness.”
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 tinge「少し色や性質を加える」の過去分詞で、語末の e を落として -ed を付け、tinged と綴る。典型形は be tinged with＋色・感情。「全体が完全に変わる」のではなく、sky with pink、voice with sadness のように、わずかな色合いや気配が混じる点を dyed と区別する。
Tinged is the past participle of tinge. Drop the final e before adding -ed: tinge becomes tinged. Remember the frequent pattern “be tinged with” followed by a color, emotion, or quality. Picture an evening sky tinged with pink and a voice tinged with sadness. In both cases, the added element is noticeable but not dominant. This separates tinged from dyed: dyed usually suggests that color has been deliberately and more fully applied, while tinged suggests only a light trace. The same idea works for emotions that subtly affect a voice, memory, or remark.
例文
The evening sky was tinged with pink.
夕方の空はピンク色に染まっていました。
His voice was tinged with sadness.
彼の声には悲しみがにじんでいました。
The leaves were tinged with gold in autumn.
秋には葉が金色を帯びていました。
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tinged の語源・成り立ち Etymology
tinge（染める・浸す）に接尾辞-edがついた形で、ラテン語tingere由来です。液体にわずかに浸す原義が転じ、「全体ではなく一部が色や感情に染まった」様子を表します。同語根のtincture（浸出液）やtint（淡い色調）も「浸透して色を加える」様子を共有し、微妙なニュアンスが納得できます。
Tinged is formed from tinge by dropping final e and adding -ed. Tinge ultimately comes from Latin tingere, “to dip, wet, or dye,” and entered English through French. Its meaning became weaker than that of fully dyeing something, so it often refers to adding only a slight color or quality. Tint and tincture are historically related through the same Latin family involving dipping and coloring.
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