cristal

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English

Adjective

cristal (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Relating to a crest.

Derived terms

Noun

cristal (countable and uncountable, plural cristals)

  1. Obsolete form of crystal.

Anagrams

Asturian

Noun

cristal m (uncountable)

  1. glass (substance)

Synonyms

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʁis.tal/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

cristal m (plural cristaux)

  1. crystal

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Romanian: cristal
  • Turkish: kristal

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cristal (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin crystallum (crystal, ice), from Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος (krústallos, clear ice), from κρύος (krúos, frost).

Pronunciation

Noun

cristal m (plural cristais)

  1. crystal
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 436:
      os nomes delas son estes: carbũcolo, sardis, cafil, amatista, berilo, topás, crisólitos, esmeralda, brasmo, rrobj́, calçedonja, cristal
      the names of them are these: carbuncle, sard, sapphire, amethyst, beryl, topaz, chrysolite, emerald, , ruby, chalcedony, crystal
  2. quartz stone
    • 1348, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 152:
      huas contas huun calçadonyo et trage hua pedrelina preta que trage figura d'angeo engastoada en prata por sinal que andan en liña branqua et andan y cubellas de prata et moytos esterliins por sinal que andan y pedra cristal rredonda moy crara.
      some bead; a chalcedony; and brings a black stone that brings the figure of an angel set in silver, as a signal, that are in a white cord; and there are some silver cups and many sterlings as a signal, and there is a round and very clear quartz stone
  3. glass (substance)
    Synonym: vidro
  4. glaze
    Synonym: lazo
  5. ice formed on the surface of a pool or a river
    Synonym: lazo

References

Old French

Noun

cristal oblique singularm (oblique plural cristaus or cristax or cristals, nominative singular cristaus or cristax or cristals, nominative plural cristal)

  1. crystal

Descendants

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin crystallum, from Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος (krústallos, ice).

Pronunciation

Noun

cristal m (plural cristales)

  1. crystal, glass
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 19r:
      […] &́ vieron la gĺa de iſŕl dedios. Como huebra de blácor. &́ de cristal. ⁊ como color de los cielos módos […]
      and they saw the glory of the God of Israel, like a work of white and crystal, and like the color of realm of the heavens.

Descendants

Portuguese

 cristal on Portuguese Wikipedia
cristal

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cristal, crestal, from Latin crystallum (crystal, ice), from Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος (krústallos, clear ice), from κρύος (krúos, frost), from Proto-Indo-European *krus-, *kru- (hard, hard outer surface, crust).

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: cris‧tal

Noun

cristal m (plural cristais)

  1. crystal

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cristal, from Latin crystallum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krisˈtal/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: cris‧tal

Noun

cristal n (plural (sense 1) cristale or (sense 3) cristaluri)

  1. crystal (solid whose atoms are ordered)
  2. (uncountable) crystal (type of glass)
    Synonym: cleștar (archaic or poetic)
  3. (countable) crystal glassware

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish cristal, from Latin crystallum, from Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος (krústallos, ice).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɾisˈtal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: cris‧tal

Noun

cristal m (plural cristales)

  1. crystal
  2. glass, glassware
    Synonym: vidrio
  3. window pane
  4. (slang) methamphetamine hydrochloride

Derived terms

Descendants

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