Noun: cristal
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | cristal |
| Plural m | cristais |
Sample Sentences
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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) [1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 436:]
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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) [1348, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 152:]
Nouns inflected like cristal
xornal,
funeral,
barazal,
perixel,
persoal,
pebidal,
parasol,
substancial,
genital,
pirixel,
tornasol,
corporal,
lestegal,
guindal,
cabezal,
canaval,
cardeal,
caravel,
caracol,
caritel, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From 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”). See: Latin Nouns '
crystallum', Ancient Greek Nouns '
κρύσταλλος'.
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