citrine

== English == === Alternative forms === citrean citrinous === Etymology === From Middle English citrine, partly from Middle French citrine and partly from Latin citrīnus. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪtɹin/, /ˈsɪtɹən/, /ˈsɪtɹain/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɪtɹiːn/, /ˈsɪtɹin/ Rhymes: -ɪtɹiːn, (General American) -ɪtɹən Homophones: Citroën (UK), citron (General American) === Noun === citrine (countable and uncountable, plural citrines) A goldish-yellow colour, like that of a lemon. c. 1398, quoted in Hans Kurath & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., Middle English Dictionary, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, ISBN 978-0-472-01044-8, 1962, page 1242: 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. A brownish-yellow quartz. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === citrine (not comparable) Of a goldish-yellow colour. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === false topaz Appendix:Colors === References === === Anagrams === citiner, crinite, inciter, neritic, retinic, tricine == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /si.tʁin/ === Noun === citrine f (plural citrines) citrine === Further reading === “citrine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Adjective === citrine feminine plural of citrino === Anagrams === Incerti, cretini, incerti, increti, recinti, ricinte == Latin == === Adjective === citrīne vocative masculine singular of citrīnus == Middle English == === Alternative forms === citryn, sitrine, citherin, citryne, cytryne, citrin === Etymology === From Middle French citrine and Medieval Latin citrīnus. === Pronunciation === (Early Middle English) IPA(key): /tsit(ə)ˈriːnə/ IPA(key): /sit(ə)ˈriːn(ə)/ === Noun === citrine (plural citrines) citron (Citrus medica) orange, red-yellow, amber (colour) brownish-yellow (colour) sallow, having yellowish skin ==== Descendants ==== English: citrine ==== References ==== “citrīn(e, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 March 2018. “citrīne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 March 2018. === Adjective === citrine orange, red-yellow, amber (colour) brownish-yellow (colour) sallow, having yellowish skin ==== Descendants ==== English: citrine ==== References ==== “citrīn(e, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 March 2018. === See also ===