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Meaning of citrine | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈsɪtɹin/

Definitions

  1. A goldish-yellow colour, like that of a lemon.
    countable, uncountable
  2. A surname.
  3. A brownish-yellow quartz.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Citrin
Español citrino
Suomi sitriini
Français citrine
Italiano citrino
Nederlands citrien
Polski cytryn
Português citrino

Examples

“[…] the urine becometh citrine, or of a deep yellowe color […]”
“dorrẹ̅, dōrī adj. & n. […] Golden or reddish-yellow […] (a. 1398) *Trev. Barth. 59b/a: ʒelouʒ colour [of urine] […] tokeneþ febleness of hete […] dorrey & citrine & liʒt red tokeneþ mene.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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