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Cristal

Cristal

See also: Cristais and cristal

Portuguese

Proper noun

Cristal

  1. Cristal (municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

cristal

cristal

See also: Cristais and Cristal

Asturian

Noun

cristal m (uncountable)

  1. glass (substance)

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʁis.tal/

Noun

cristal m (plural cristaux)

  1. crystal

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Galician

Noun

cristal m (plural cristais)

  1. crystal

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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

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.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin crystallus or crystallum.

Noun

cristal m (plural cristales)

  1. crystal
  2. glass, glassware

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