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crystal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɹɪstəl/
• (Canada) audio
• krĭsʹtəl

Etymology

From Middle English crystal, cristal, criȝstall, representing a merger of Old English cristalla (from Latin crystallus) and Anglo-Norman cristall, Old French cristal (from Latin crystallum). The Latin is derived from Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “clear ice”), from κρύος (krúos, “frost”), from Proto-Indo-European *krews- (“hard, hard outer surface, crust”).

Meanings

1. (literally, not-comparable) Made of crystal.
   • The uneven floor was crystal as well, as if there once had been huge crystals jutting up here, too, but ones that had been broken away and the surface crudely adzed. 2000, Dennis L[ester] McKiernan, Silver Wolf, Black Falcon, Roc Books, →ISBN, page 439:
   • Its ceiling was crystal, around on the wall / Thickly studded were rubies and diamonds rare; / But purer than crystal, and brighter than all / Of the jewels adorning her glittering hall, / Was the mermaiden languishing there. 1887, Joseph W[arren] Smith, Gleanings from the Sea: Showing the Pleasures, Pains and Penalties of Life Afloat, with Contingencies Ashore, Andover, Mass.: […] the Author, page 116:
   • The walls were crystal, and they seemed to have hundreds of different-colored lights shifting behind them. 1985, Patricia C[ollins] Wrede, Talking to Dragons, New York, N.Y.: Tempo Books, →ISBN, page 146:
2. (figuratively, not-comparable) Very clear; coherent.
   • […] the more faire and chriſtall is the skie, The vglier ſeeme the cloudes that in it flye: […] 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 23, columns 1–2:
   • "Do I make myself clear?" / "Crystal."

Forms

Synonyms

crystalline

Translations (1)

es cristalino (Translations)

crystal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɹɪstəl/
• (Canada) audio
• krĭsʹtəl

Etymology

From Middle English crystal, cristal, criȝstall, representing a merger of Old English cristalla (from Latin crystallus) and Anglo-Norman cristall, Old French cristal (from Latin crystallum). The Latin is derived from Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “clear ice”), from κρύος (krúos, “frost”), from Proto-Indo-European *krews- (“hard, hard outer surface, crust”).

Meanings

1. (countable) A solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions.
2. (countable) A piece of glimmering, shining mineral resembling ice or glass.
3. (uncountable) A fine type of glassware, or the material used to make it.
4. (slang, uncountable) Crystal meth; methamphetamine hydrochloride.
   • He tells me he's been shooting crystal, which I already pretty much know because he does not bother to keep his sleeves rolled down over the needle tracks. 1968, Joan Didion, “Slouching Towards Bethlehem”, in Slouching Towards Bethlehem:
5. (countable, figuratively, obsolete, plural-normally, uncountable) A person's eye.
   • Come, let's away. My loue, giue me thy Lippes: Looke to my Chattels, and my Moueables: [...] Goe, cleare they Chryſtalls. Yokefellowes in Armes, let vs to France 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], page 75, column 2:
6. (countable, uncountable) The glass over the dial of a watch case.

Forms

Antonyms

glass

Deriveds

crystalloid · crystallization · crystallin · macrocrystal · Iceland crystal · polycrystal · crystal lattice · blood crystal · seed crystal · crystallize · monocrystal · semicrystal · crystal healing · crystal-clear · quartz crystal · sonocrystal · anticrystal · single crystal · thorn-apple crystal · rock crystal · ice crystal · crystalluria · liquid-crystal display · Upper Crystal Creek · quasicrystal · clear as crystal · crystallant · tricrystal · phononic crystal · photonic crystal · time crystal · Charcot-Leyden crystal · crystal jelly · liquid crystal · Crystal City · crystal momentum · intracrystal · supracrystal · crystal cell · cocrystal · bath crystal · Wigner crystal · crystalliferous · crystalwort · paracrystal · positive crystal · mountain crystal · jumping crystal · spherocrystal · twin crystal · crystal set · crystal gazer · crystallite · crystal ball · bicrystal · crystal clear · crystallographic defect · multicrystal · crystalware · pseudocrystal · ionic crystal · mesocrystal · crystal radio receiver · crystal radio · crystal dick · crystalturbation · space-time crystal · crystallisation · crystallography · hopper crystal · Crystal Falls · ferroelectric liquid-crystal display · electron crystal · crystal magick · noncrystal · crystal twinning · isocrystal · crystal sphere · metacrystal · xenocrystal · crystally · crystal oven · crystal-like · Crystal River · crystallise · crystal violet · crystal-gazing · biocrystal · crystallographer · crystal system · lead crystal · crystalline · quasi-crystal · crystal habit · crystal-gazer · quartz-crystal clock · crystal clock · crystal class · Crystal Palace · crystal stone · microcrystal · liquid crystal display · Crystal Creek · crystal field theory · negative crystal · ferroelectric crystal · cheese crystal · compound crystal · crystal noodle · crystal methamphetamine · nanocrystal

Descendants

क्रिस्टल · クリスタル

Synonyms

grain

Translations (260)

nv tséghádiʼnídínii (array of atoms) · es cristal (array of atoms) · lv kristāls (mineral) · mk криста́л (array of atoms) · cmn 水晶 (mineral) · lad cristal (glassware) · tr kristal (glassware) · mn болор (array of atoms) · lv kristāls (glassware) · ko 크리스탈 (glassware) · ko 결정 (mineral) · cs krystal (array of atoms) · it cristallo (mineral) · tg кристалл (array of atoms) · et kristall (array of atoms) · sl kristal (array of atoms) · mi tioata (array of atoms) · nb krystall (array of atoms) · bn কেলাস (array of atoms) · sh krìstāl (array of atoms) · hak 結晶 /结晶 (array of atoms) · sa अमल (mineral) · pt cristal (glassware) · mk криста́л (glassware) · kk сутас (mineral) · is kristallur (array of atoms) · nl kristallen ((used attributively)) · ko 결정 (array of atoms) · de Kristall (glassware) · mi tioata (mineral) · fr de cristal ((used attributively)) · el κρύσταλλο (mineral) · nn krystall (array of atoms) · nan-hbl 結晶 /结晶 (array of atoms) · eu kristal (mineral) · pl kryształ (array of atoms) · vi tinh thể (array of atoms) · ga criostal (array of atoms) · cmn 玻璃 (glassware) · tr billur (array of atoms) · cy crisial (mineral) · sv kristall (glassware) · km ផលិក ((used attributively)) · lo ຜະລິກະ (array of atoms) · crh büllür (glassware) · ro cristal (glassware) · ko 수정 (mineral) · ja クリスタル・ガラス (glassware) · haw pōhaku aʻiaʻi (mineral) · de Kristall (array of atoms) · yue 結晶 /结晶 (array of atoms) · sq kristal (array of atoms) · hu jegec (array of atoms) · pa ਬਲੌਰ (array of atoms) · sh lȅdac (glassware) · hi क्रिस्टल (array of atoms) · ja クリスタル (mineral) · mi pīataata (array of atoms) · az kristall (array of atoms) · fa-ira بُلور (array of atoms) · gl cristal (array of atoms) · kk кристалл (array of atoms) · eo kristalo (mineral) · sh krìstāl (glassware) · ro cristal (array of atoms) · hy բյուրեղ (mineral) · km ផលិក (mineral) · pt cristal (mineral) · ug كرىستال (array of atoms) · uz billur (array of atoms) · ta படிகம் (array of atoms) · ro cristal (mineral) · ur بَلُّور m بِلَّور (array of atoms) · ms kristal (array of atoms) · fi kide (array of atoms) · ja 水晶 (mineral) · sh крѝста̄л (glassware) · nci tehuīlōtl (array of atoms) · sv kristall (array of atoms) · la cristallus (mineral) · he בְּדוֹלַח (glassware) · mid ࡁࡉࡋࡀࡅࡓ (array of atoms) · pl kryształ (mineral) · sh krìstāl (mineral) · cs křišťál (mineral) · hi अमल (mineral) · lt kristalas (mineral) · ky кристалл (array of atoms) · nv tséghádiʼnídínii (mineral) · sh ле̏дац (array of atoms) · uk кришта́ль (glassware) · fa-ira کِریسْتال (glassware) · ru го́рный хруста́ль (mineral) · sa अमल (array of atoms) · lad kristal (mineral) · nn krystall- ((used attributively)) · ru криста́льно ((used attributively)) · ar بِلَّوْر (array of atoms) · fa-ira بُلور (mineral) · eo kvarcvitro (glassware) · vi pha lê (array of atoms) · es cristal (glassware) · da krystal (array of atoms) · eo kristalo (array of atoms) · hi बिल्लौर (mineral) · yi קרישטאָל (mineral) · bn স্ফটিক (array of atoms) · tg булӯр (array of atoms) · uz xrustal (glassware) · bg криста́л (array of atoms) · uz billur (glassware) · th ผลึก (array of atoms) · haw pōhaku aʻiaʻi (array of atoms) · ka ბროლი (array of atoms) · hi क्रिस्टल (glassware) · ca cristall (array of atoms) · ka ბროლის ჭურჭელი (glassware) · nl kristal (glassware) · ka ბროლის ((used attributively)) · sk krištáľ (glassware) · lad קריסטאל (mineral) · ru хруста́ль (glassware) · ko 납유리 (glassware) · lv kristāls (array of atoms) · be хруста́ль (glassware) · fo krystall (array of atoms) · tpw itaesakanga (mineral) · bo ཆུ་ཤེལ (mineral) · tl kristal (mineral) · sa स्फटिक (array of atoms) · bg криста́л (glassware) · bg криста́л (mineral) · hi स्फटिक (array of atoms) · ja 結晶 (array of atoms) · ka კრისტალური ((used attributively)) · mn кристалл (array of atoms) · la crystallum (glassware) · de Kristall (mineral) · nn krystall (glassware) · eu kristal (array of atoms) · is kristallur (mineral) · sh lȅdac (mineral) · ar قَرِيت (mineral) · el κρύσταλλο (glassware) · lad cristal (mineral) · tr kristal (mineral) · mi kōataata (array of atoms) · hi क्रिस्टल (mineral) · my ပုံဆောင်ခဲ (array of atoms) · ar قَرِيس (array of atoms) · de Kristallglas (glassware) · yi קרישטאָלוואַרג (glassware) · lad kristal (glassware) · th เพชรน้ำค้าง (glassware) · lo ຜະລຶກ (array of atoms) · sw fuwele (mineral) · hi बिल्लौर (glassware) · mg kristaly (array of atoms) · be крышта́ль (array of atoms) · fr cristal (array of atoms) · tr kristal (array of atoms) · eo kristalo ((used attributively)) · ky хрусталь (glassware) · km ផ្លេក (mineral) · sl kristal (glassware) · hi आबगीना (glassware) · vi pha lê (mineral) · gl cristal (mineral) · fi kristalli (glassware) · it cristallo (array of atoms) · km ផ្លេក (array of atoms) · ro cleștar (glassware) · hy բյուրեղապակի (glassware) · te స్ఫటికం (mineral) · crh büllür (array of atoms) · th ผลึก (mineral) · cmn 水晶玻璃 (glassware) · ru криста́лл (array of atoms) · ru хруста́ль (mineral) · nb krystall (glassware) · uk криста́л (array of atoms) · crh büllür (mineral) · he בְּדוֹלַח (mineral) · lv kristāla ((used attributively)) · km ផលិក (glassware) · tg булӯр (glassware) · eo kristalo (glassware) · sgs kristals (mineral) · sh ле̏дац (mineral) · kk хрусталь (glassware) · fi kristalli (mineral) · is kristall (glassware) · hy բյուրեղ (array of atoms) · sl kristal (mineral) · ota بللور (glassware) · ja 結晶 (mineral) · ms hablur (array of atoms) · kn ಸ್ಫಟಿಕ (array of atoms) · sh крѝста̄л (mineral) · nl kristal (array of atoms) · th ดาลัด (glassware) · te స్ఫటికము (array of atoms) · ga criostal (glassware) · ar بِلَّوْرِيّ ((used attributively)) · sk krištáľ (mineral) · sq kristal (mineral) · la crystallum (array of atoms) · ar قَرِيس (mineral) · es cristal (mineral) · sh ле̏дац (glassware) · km ផលិក (array of atoms) · lad kristal (array of atoms) · cy crisial (array of atoms) · ka კრისტალი (mineral) · kmr belûr (array of atoms) · is kristall (array of atoms) · pl kryształ (glassware) · sk kryštál (array of atoms) · ar قَرِيت (array of atoms) · mn болор (glassware) · gl cristal (glassware) · tn legakwa (array of atoms) · is kristall (mineral) · sh lȅdac (array of atoms) · hu kristály (mineral) · hu kristály (array of atoms) · dz ཆུ་ཤེལ (array of atoms) · fr en cristal ((used attributively)) · ga criostal (mineral) · lt krištolas (glassware) · lt kristalas (array of atoms) · ka ბროლი (glassware) · tl kristal (glassware) · nl kristal (mineral) · fr cristal (mineral) · uz kristall (array of atoms) · ja クリスタル (glassware) · sv kristall (mineral) · lb Kristall (array of atoms) · mk криста́л (mineral) · he גָּבִישׁ (array of atoms) · crh kristall (array of atoms) · mn болор (mineral) · hi अमल (array of atoms) · pt cristal (array of atoms) · vi pha lê (glassware) · cs křišťál (glassware) · cmn 結晶 /结晶 (array of atoms) · el κρύσταλλος (array of atoms) · tt кристалл (array of atoms) · tr billûr (array of atoms) · hi बिल्लौर (array of atoms) · ckb بلوور (array of atoms) · hu kristály (glassware) · nb krystall- ((used attributively)) · ka კრისტალი (array of atoms) · sh крѝста̄л (array of atoms) · mr स्फटिक (array of atoms) · az büllur (glassware) · ur بِلُّور (array of atoms)