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 Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and 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

• 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

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cristal”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cristal”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Old French

Noun

cristal oblique singular, 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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Galician-Portuguese cristal, crestal, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin crystallum (“crystal, ice”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “clear ice”), from κρύος (krúos, “frost”), from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *krus-, *kru- (“hard, hard outer surface, crust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾiʃˈtaɫ/
• 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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin crystallus or crystallum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾisˈtal/ [kɾisˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al

Noun

cristal m (plural cristales)

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

Synonyms

• (glass): vidrio

Derived terms

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

 

Related terms

• cristalizar
• cristalino
• cristaloide

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001