hint

Etymology
From, , variant of , from , from , from. . Related also to.

Noun

 * 1) A clue.
 * 2) An implicit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
 * 3) A small, barely detectable amount.
 * 4)  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; an instance of hinting.
 * 5)  An instruction to the database engine as to how a query should be executed, for example whether to use an index or not.
 * 6)  An opportunity; occasion; fit time.
 * 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; an instance of hinting.
 * 2)  An instruction to the database engine as to how a query should be executed, for example whether to use an index or not.
 * 3)  An opportunity; occasion; fit time.
 * 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; an instance of hinting.
 * 2)  An instruction to the database engine as to how a query should be executed, for example whether to use an index or not.
 * 3)  An opportunity; occasion; fit time.
 * 1)  An opportunity; occasion; fit time.

Synonyms

 * see also Thesaurus:modicum.

Translations

 * Arabic: تَلْمِيح
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: падка́зка, падка́з
 * Bulgarian: подсказка
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, , nápověda
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * German:, , , ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: vísbending
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:, , , , ,
 * Japanese:, 手がかり, ,
 * Korean:, ,
 * Macedonian: поткажу́вање, на́мек
 * Maori: tīwhiri, tuwhiri
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: hint
 * Nynorsk: hint
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: gliocas
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: на̏говешта̄ј, на̏говјешта̄ј
 * Roman: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: คำใบ้
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: підка́зка, підка́з


 * Belarusian: намёк
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:, náznak
 * Esperanto: aludo, aludeto
 * Finnish:
 * German:, , ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Macedonian: на́мек
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: hint
 * Nynorsk: hint
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: indirecta,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: на́тяк


 * Belarusian: адце́нне
 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: о́тсенка
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: hint, aning,
 * Nynorsk: hint
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: відті́нок


 * German:
 * Macedonian: мо́жност, ша́нса
 * Russian:, ,


 * Esperanto: (clue):

Verb

 * 1)  To imply without a direct statement; to provide a clue.
 * 2)  To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
 * 3)  To develop and add hints to a font.
 * 1)  To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
 * 2)  To develop and add hints to a font.
 * 1)  To develop and add hints to a font.
 * 1)  To develop and add hints to a font.
 * 1)  To develop and add hints to a font.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:allude

Translations

 * Dutch:, , laten doorschemeren
 * German:


 * Arabic: لَمَّحَ
 * Belarusian: намяка́ць, намякну́ць
 * Bulgarian:, наме́кна, , подме́тна
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch:, laten doorschemeren
 * Esperanto:, aludeti
 * Finnish:, vihjaista
 * French:
 * Galician: dar a entender
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: subsōnō
 * Maori: whakamōhio
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, hinte
 * Polish: bąkać, bąknąć
 * Portuguese:, indiciar
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: dar un indicio
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: натяка́ти, натякну́ти, намека́ти, намекну́ти


 * Finnish: vihjeistää

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * , clue

Etymology
Borrowing from.

Noun

 * 1) hint

Etymology
From an unattested stem of hu +. The stem was probably, related to obsolete and thus. It may have had at least a variant with velar /ɯ/, giving rise to the forms and, as reflected by their back-vowel suffixes.

Verb

 * 1)  to scatter, sprinkle to cause a substance to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance)

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * a

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * a

Etymology
From, from.

Verb

 * 1) to hunt