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citrine

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

Españolcitrino
Françaiscitrine
DeutschCitrin
9 more languages
Catalàcitrina
Suomisitriini
Italianocitrino
日本語シトリン黄水晶
Nederlandscitrien
Polskicytryn
Portuguêscitrino
Русскийфальши́вый топа́зцитри́н
Svenskacitrin

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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See also

citrine ointment citrine wagtail Citrini citrinin citrinitas Citro

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