crystal

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

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.
5. (countable, figuratively, obsolete, plural-normally, uncountable) A person's eye.
6. (countable, uncountable) The glass over the dial of a watch case.

Adj

1. (literally, not-comparable) Made of crystal.
2. (figuratively, not-comparable) Very clear; coherent.

Conceptos

cristal

cristalino

espejo

🪞

lentes

👓

meta

tiza

anteojos

vidrio

Opuesto a

glass

Sinónimos

quartz

glass

crystalline

crystallization

clear

crystal-clear

cut glass

watch glass

watch crystal

crystallize

meth

rock crystal

lechatelierite

vitreous silica

transparent

quartz glass

quartz crystal

rhinestone

spectacles

👓

speed

tweak

white glass

methamphetamine

crystal glass

milky quartz

transparent gem

sparking gem

mountain crystal

crystal-glass

small crystal

berg crystal

tik

Tina

piece of crystalline

barium oxide

cryolite

crystallisation

eyeglasses

👓

flint-glass

grain

ice

🧊

icicle

lucid

mica

mineral

mirror

🪞

ore

pebble

prism

Traducciones

cristal

Kristall

cristallo

cristal

kristal

cristall

κρύσταλλος

kristal

κρύσταλλο

crystallum

kristalhelder

kristallen

Kristallglas

crystallus

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkɹɪstəl/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: crystal

Heredado de inglés antiguo: cristalla

Cognado con Anglo-Norman: cristall

Cognado con francés medio: cristal

Cognado con latín: crystallum

In summary

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

Oraciones

They went in to drink the tea , which was served in beautiful crystal glasses .

They're only made of rock crystal , and there are millions of rock crystals in the earth .

Solo están hechos de cristal de roca, y hay millones de cristales de roca en la tierra.

I'll work all night , until dawn , and I'll clean every piece of crystal in your shop .

Trabajaré toda la noche, hasta el amanecer, y limpiaré cada pieza de cristal de tu tienda.