cristal

cristal

See also: Cristal

English

Adjective

cristal (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Relating to a crest.

Derived terms

• intercristal

Noun

cristal (countable and uncountable, plural cristals)

1. Obsolete form of crystal.

Anagrams

• Carlist, St Clair, St. Clair, citrals, clairts

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Asturian

Noun

cristal m (uncountable)

1. glass (substance)

Synonyms

• vidru, vidriu

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁis.tal/

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Noun

cristal m (plural cristaux)

1. crystal

Derived terms

• boule de cristal
• cristal de roche
• cristal liquide

Related terms

• cristallerie
• cristallin
• cristalliser
• cristallographie

Descendants

• → Romanian: cristal
• → Turkish: kristal

Further reading

• “cristal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old 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

• IPA^(key): /kɾisˈtal/

Noun

cristal m (plural cristais)

1. crystal
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), 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, [green quartz], ruby, chalcedony, crystal

2. quartz stone
   • 1348, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), 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

Related terms

• cristalino
• cristalografía

References

• “cristal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “cristal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “cristal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cristal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cristal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Old French

Noun

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

1. crystal

Descendants

• Middle French: cristal
  • French: cristal
    • → Romanian: cristal
    • → Turkish: kristal
  • → Middle Dutch: cristal, kerstal
    • Dutch: kristal
      • Afrikaans: kristal
      • → Indonesian: kristal

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Old Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾisˈtal/

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 cielo^s 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

• Ladino: kristal
• Spanish: cristal
  • → Tagalog: kristal

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Portuguese

cristal

Etymology

Inherited from Old 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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾisˈtaw/ [kɾisˈtaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾisˈtaw/ [kɾisˈtaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kɾiʃˈtaw/ [kɾiʃˈtaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾiʃˈtal/ [kɾiʃˈtaɫ]

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

Noun

cristal m (plural cristais)

1. crystal

Related terms

• cristalífero
• cristalino
• cristalizar
• cristalóide

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Romanian

Etymology

From French cristal, from Latin crystallus.

Noun

cristal n (uncountable)

1. crystal

Declension

declension of cristal (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cristal	cristalul
genitive/dative	(unui) cristal	cristalului
vocative	cristalule

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish cristal, from crystallum, from Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “ice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾisˈtal/ [kɾisˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: cris‧tal

Noun

cristal m (plural cristales)

1. crystal
2. glass, glassware

   Synonym: vidrio

3. window pane

Derived terms

• acristalar
• armónica de cristal
• bola de cristal
• cristalería
• cristalero
• encristalar
• limpiacristales
• magia de cristales
• peste cristal
• rana de cristal
• techo de cristal

 

Related terms

• cristalizar
• cristalino
• cristaloide

Descendants

• → Tagalog: kristal

Further reading

• “cristal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014