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отте́нок — meaning in English

ottenok

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English meaning

  • hint noun A small clue or suggestion that helps someone understand or guess something.
  • hue noun A color, or a particular shade or tint of a color.
  • nuance noun A subtle difference or shade of meaning, feeling, or tone.
  • shade noun An area of relative darkness where direct sunlight is blocked.
  • tone noun The quality or character of a sound, especially its pitch, timbre, or emotional colouring.
  • touch verb To make physical contact with something using the hand, finger, or another part of the body.
  • undertone noun An auditory tone of low pitch or volume.

Senses

отте́нок is used for these senses in English:

  • nuance (countable) A minor distinction.
  • tone (language, dated) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.
  • touch A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
  • undertone A pale colour, or one seen underneath another colour.

hint — full definition

  1. noun A small clue or suggestion that helps someone understand or guess something.
  2. noun A very small trace or amount of something.
  3. verb To suggest something indirectly, without saying it outright.

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