pinto

¹pin·to

noun \ˈpin-(ˌ)tō\

plural pintos also pintoes

Definition of PINTO

: a horse or pony of various breeding that is marked with patches of white and another color — compare paint, piebald, skewbald

Illustration of PINTO

Origin of PINTO

American Spanish, from pinto spotted, from obsolete Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *pinctus

First Known Use: 1860

²pinto

adjective

Definition of PINTO

: pied, mottled

Examples of PINTO

1. <somehow, the pure white mare had a pinto foal>

First Known Use of PINTO

1865

Related to PINTO

Synonyms

blotched, blotchy, dappled (also dapple), marbled, mottled, piebald, pied, splotched, spotted

Related Words

shaded; checkered, motley, multicolored, polychromatic, polychrome, varicolored, variegated; blotted, brindled (or brindle), calico, specked, speckled, streaked; colored, colorful, pigmented; dotted, peppered, sprinkled; stippled; discolored, dyed, marked, stained; flecked, streaked; bespattered, spattered

Near Antonyms

monochromatic, monochrome, monochromic, solid

Rhymes with PINTO

Shinto, spinto

pin·to

noun \ˈpin-(ˌ)tō\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of PINTO

: pinta

pinto

noun    (Concise Encyclopedia)

Spotted horse, also called paint, piebald, skewbald, and other terms to describe variations in colour and markings. The American Indian ponies of the western U.S. were often pintos. Most pure-breed associations refuse to register horses with pinto colouring. Pintos have colour patterns called overo (white spreading irregularly up from the belly, mixed with a darker colour) and tobiano (white spreading down from the back in smooth, clean-cut patterns).