кристалл

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic كريستالل
Cyrillic кристалл
Latin kristall

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian криста́лл (kristáll), from Latin crystallum (crystal, ice).

Noun

кристалл • (kristall)

  1. crystal

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kristall or French cristal, from Latin crystallum, from Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος (krústallos). Doublet of хруста́ль (xrustálʹ), which entered the Russian language via Byzantine Greek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [krʲɪˈstaɫ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -on

Noun

криста́лл • (kristállm inan (genitive криста́лла, nominative plural криста́ллы, genitive plural криста́ллов, relational adjective криста́льный, diminutive криста́ллик)

  1. (chemistry, physics) crystal (a solid composed of an array of atoms with a periodic structure)
  2. (computing) chip, silicon wafer (integrated circuit)

Declension

Descendants

  • Crimean Tatar: kristall
  • Georgian: კრისტალი (ḳrisṭali)
  • Kazakh: кристалл (kristall)
  • Mongolian: кристалл (kristall)
  • Uzbek: kristall