Meaning
crystal
- crystal glass, plate glass
- car window, pane
In a sentence
Ho comprato un piccolo cristallo al mercato.
I bought a small crystal at the market.
Un sasso ha scheggiato il cristallo dell'auto.
A stone chipped the car window.
Questo bicchiere non è di cristallo vero.
This glass is not made of real crystal.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| cristallo | masculine · singular |
| cristalli | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- For a windowpane, cristallo sounds technical or commercial; everyday Italian usually says vetro.
- For drinking vessels, say bicchiere, not cristallo, unless you mean fine crystal glassware.
- As a material, cristallo is often uncountable: in cristallo, di cristallo. The plural cristalli usually means crystals or crystal objects.