different between peridot vs citrine

English

Etymology

Fro Middle English peritot, from Anglo-Norman peridou, peridout, Middle French perido, peridon, of uncertain origin; later reborrowed from modern French péridot.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p???d?t/, /?p???d??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p???d?t/, /?p???do?/

Noun

peridot (countable and uncountable, plural peridots)

1. A transparent olive-green form of olivine, used as a gem.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 51:

     Gem-quality olivine is known as peridot, which has a subtle green light all its own.
2. A yellow-green colour, like that of the peridot.

Derived terms

• peridotite

Translations

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Peridot”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “peridot”, in Mindat.org?^[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Anagrams

• diopter, dioptre, periodt, proetid, proteid, protide, pterido-, pteroid, reptoid

Romanian

Etymology

From French péridot.

Noun

peridot n (plural peridote)

1. peridot

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• citrean
• citrinous

Etymology

From French citrin, from Latin citrus.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?t?in/, /?s?t??n/, /?s?t?ain/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?t?i?n/, /?s?t?in/

Noun

citrine (countable and uncountable, plural citrines)

1. A goldish-yellow colour, like that of a lemon.
   • 1598, Francis Thynne, Animadversions […]

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

   • 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:

     dorr??, d?r? adj. & n. […] Golden or reddish-yellow […] (a. 1398) *Trev. Barth. 59b/a: ?elou? colour [of urine] […] tokeneþ febleness of hete […] dorrey & citrine & li?t red tokeneþ mene.

2. A brownish-yellow quartz.

Translations

Adjective

citrine (not comparable)

1. Of a goldish-yellow colour.

Translations

See also

• false topaz
• Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

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

French

Noun

citrine f (plural citrines)

1. citrine

Further reading

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

Italian

Adjective

citrine

1. feminine plural of citrino

Anagrams

• cretini, incerti, recinti, ricinte

Latin

Adjective

citr?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of citr?nus

Middle English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Medieval Latin citr?nus.

Pronunciation

• (Early ME) IPA^(key): /tsit(?)?ri?n?/
• IPA^(key): /sit(?)?ri?n(?)/

Noun

citrine (plural citrines)

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

Descendants

• English: citrine

References

• “citr?n(e, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
• “citr?ne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Adjective

citrine

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

Descendants

• English: citrine

References

• “citr?n(e, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

See also