citrine

Noun

citrine (plural citrines)

1. A goldish-yellow colour, like that of a lemon.

   citrine colour:  

   • Francis Thynne

     […] the urine becometh citrine, or of a deep yellowe color […]

   • 1962 (quoting c. 1398 text), Hans Kurath & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., Middle English Dictionary, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, ISBN 978-0-472-01044-8, 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.}}

2. A brownish-yellow quartz.

Adjective

citrine (not comparable)

1. Of a goldish-yellow colour.

See also

• false topaz
• Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

• citiner, crinite, inciter, neritic, retinic, tricine

Noun

citrine f (plural citrines)

1. citrine

Further reading

• “citrine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Adjective

citrine

1. feminine plural of citrino

Anagrams

• cretini, incerti, recinti, ricinte

Adjective

citrīne

1. vocative masculine singular of citrīnus

Alternative forms

• citryn, sitrine, citherin, citryne, cytryne, citrin

Etymology

Medieval Latin citrīnus.

Pronunciation

• (Early ME) IPA^(key): /tsit(ə)ˈriːnə/
• IPA^(key): /sit(ə)ˈriːn(ə)/

Noun

citrine (plural citrines)

1. citron (Citrus medica)
2. orange, red-yellow, amber (colour)
3. brownish-yellow (colour)
4. sallow, having yellowish skin

Adjective

citrine

1. orange, red-yellow, amber (colour)
2. brownish-yellow (colour)
3. sallow, having yellowish skin

See also