adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to, or composed of crystals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crystal
Antonyms: noncrystalline, amorphous
Standard Lemma guide
crystalline
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Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Having a regular three-dimensional molecular structure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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adj
Meaning 3
Resembling crystal in being clear and transparent
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: crystal
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Pure.
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name
Meaning 5
A female given name of rare usage.
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noun
Meaning 6
Any crystalline substance.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 7
Aniline.
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Usage: obsolete
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adjective
Meaning 8
consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- granite is crystalline
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: noncrystalline
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the cold crystalline water of melted snow
- crystal clear skies
- could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool
- lucid air
- a pellucid brook
- transparent crystal
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crystal clear, limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 10
distinctly or sharply outlined- John Buchan
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- crystalline sharpness of outline
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History
Etymology
From Middle English cristallyn, cristallyne, from Old French cristallin and its etymon Latin crystallinus, from Ancient Greek κρυστάλλινος (krustállinos), from κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “crystal”) + -ῐνος (-ĭnos, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, crystal + -ine.
From crystalline.
Across languages
Translations
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: kristalin — relating to crystals
- Bulgarian: кристален (kristalen) — relating to crystals
- Catalan: cristal·lí — relating to crystals
- Czech: krystalický — relating to crystals
- Danish: krystallinsk — relating to crystals
- Dutch: kristallijn — relating to crystals
- Finnish: kiteinen — relating to crystals
- French: cristallin — relating to crystals
- Galician: cristalino — relating to crystals
- Georgian: კრისტალური (ḳrisṭaluri) — relating to crystals
- German: kristallin — relating to crystals
- German: kristallinisch — relating to crystals
- German: kristallen — relating to crystals
- German: Kristall- — relating to crystals
- Greek: κρυσταλλικός (krystallikós) — relating to crystals
- Hungarian: kristályos — relating to crystals
- Irish: criostalach — relating to crystals
- Irish: criostalta — relating to crystals
- Italian: cristallino — relating to crystals
- Japanese: 結晶性 (kesshousei) — relating to crystals
- Latvian: kristālisks — relating to crystals
- Latvian: kristāliska — relating to crystals
- Malay: berhablur — relating to crystals
- Malay: habluran — relating to crystals
- Malay: berkristal — relating to crystals
- Malay: kristalin — relating to crystals
- Norwegian Bokmål: krystallinsk — relating to crystals
- Norwegian Nynorsk: krystallinsk — relating to crystals
- Persian: بلورین (bolurin) — relating to crystals
- Polish: krystaliczny — relating to crystals
- Portuguese: cristalino — relating to crystals
- Russian: кристалли́ческий (kristallíčeskij) — relating to crystals
- Russian: хруста́льный (xrustálʹnyj) — relating to crystals
- Serbo-Croatian: крѝсталнӣ — relating to crystals
- Serbo-Croatian: krìstalnī — relating to crystals
- Spanish: cristalino — relating to crystals
- Swedish: kristallin — relating to crystals
- Swedish: kristallinisk — relating to crystals
- Tagalog: malakristal — relating to crystals
- Dutch: kristalvormig — having a regular molecular structure
- German: kristallin — having a regular molecular structure
- Persian: بلورین (bolurin) — having a regular molecular structure
- Persian: بلوری (boluri) — having a regular molecular structure
- Albanian: kristalin — resembling crystal in being clear and transparent
- Catalan: cristal·lí — resembling crystal in being clear and transparent
- Chinese Mandarin: 粼粼 (línlín) — resembling crystal in being clear and transparent
- Czech: křišťálový — resembling crystal in being clear and transparent
- Dutch: glashelder — resembling crystal in being clear and transparent
- Finnish: kristallinkirkas — resembling crystal in being clear and transparent
- French: cristallin — resembling crystal in being clear and transparent
- German: kristallklar — resembling crystal in being clear and transparent
- Malay: berhablur — resembling crystal in being clear and transparent
- Malay: habluran — resembling crystal in being clear and transparent
- Malay: berkristal — resembling crystal in being clear and transparent
- Malay: kristalin — resembling crystal in being clear and transparent
- Persian: بلورین (bolurin) — resembling crystal in being clear and transparent
- Polish: krystaliczny — resembling crystal in being clear and transparent
- Portuguese: cristalino — resembling crystal in being clear and transparent
- Russian: криста́льно чи́стый (kristálʹno čístyj) — resembling crystal in being clear and transparent
- Spanish: cristalino — resembling crystal in being clear and transparent
- Tagalog: malakristal — resembling crystal in being clear and transparent