crin

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French crin (“horsehair”). === Noun === crin (countable and uncountable, plural crins) horsehair fabric === Anagrams === incr. == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin crīnis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈkɾin] === Noun === crin m (plural crins) hair (from the mane or tail of certain animals, especially horses); horsehair ==== Derived terms ==== crina crinera crinut === Further reading === “crin”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin crīnis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʁɛ̃/ Rhymes: -ɛ̃ Homophones: crains, craint, craints, crins === Noun === crin m (plural crins) hair (of certain animals, especially horses); horsehair ==== Derived terms ==== à tous crins / à tout crin crinière === Further reading === “crin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Galician == === Verb === crin first-person plural preterite indicative of crer == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic кринъ (krinŭ), from Greek κρίνο (kríno), from Ancient Greek κρίνον (krínon). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /krin/ === Noun === crin m (plural crini) lily ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin crīnis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɾin/ [ˈkɾĩn] Rhymes: -in Syllabification: crin === Noun === crin f (plural crines) mane Synonym: melena === Further reading === “crin”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Welsh == === Etymology === From Middle Welsh crin, from Old Welsh crin, from Proto-Brythonic *krin, from Proto-Celtic *krīnos. Compare Old Irish crín (“withered, decayed”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kriːn/ Rhymes: -iːn === Adjective === crin (feminine singular crin, plural crinion, equative mor grin, comparative mwy crin, superlative mwyaf crin) withered, brittle scorched, parched miserly, tight ==== Derived terms ==== crinder m (“dryness”) === Mutation === === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “crin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies