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, 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

Related terms

• cristallerie
• cristallin
• cristalliser
• cristallographie

Further reading

• “cristal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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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 2006-2012.
• “cristal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “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

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Portuguese

cristal

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾiʃˈtaɫ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾisˈtaw/, /kɾiʃˈtaw/
• Hyphenation: cris‧tal

Noun

cristal m (plural cristais)

1. crystal.

Related terms

• cristalífero
• cristalino

• cristalizar
• cristalóide

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin crystallus or crystallum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾisˈtal/, [kɾisˈt̪al]

Noun

cristal m (plural cristales)

1. crystal
2. glass, glassware
3. window pane

Synonyms

• (glass): vidrio

Derived terms

• acristalar
• cristalería
• encristalar
• limpiacristales

Related terms

• cristalizar
• cristalino
• cristaloide

Further reading

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