crin

Borrowed from French crin (“horsehair”).

crin

1. horsehair fabric

• incr.

Inherited from Latin crīnis.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkɾin]

crin m (plural crins)

1. hair (from the mane or tail of certain animals, especially horses); horsehair

• crina
• crinera
• crinut

• “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

Inherited from Latin crīnis.

• IPA^(key): /kʁɛ̃/
• Rhymes: -ɛ̃
• Homophones: crains, craint, craints, crins

crin m (plural crins)

1. hair (of certain animals, especially horses); horsehair

• à tous crins / à tout crin
• crinière

• “crin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

crin

1. first-person plural preterite indicative of crer

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic кринъ (krinŭ), from Greek κρίνο (kríno), from Ancient Greek κρίνον (krínon).

• IPA^(key): /krin/

crin m (plural crini)

1. lily

From Latin crīnis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾin/ [ˈkɾĩn]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: crin

crin f (plural crines)

1. mane

   Synonym: melena

• “crin”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

From Middle Welsh crin, from Old Welsh crin, from Proto-Brythonic *krin, from Proto-Celtic *krīnos. Compare Old Irish crín (“withered, decayed”).

• IPA^(key): /kriːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

crin (feminine singular crin, plural crin, equative mor grin, comparative mwy crin, superlative mwyaf crin)

1. withered, brittle
2. scorched, parched
   • 1842 July, “Hanesion cartefol a thramor”, in Yr haul, volume 7, number 85, page 221:

     [O]nd y mae rhyw nifer o gretyddolion, mor sych a thywod anialwch Zaara yn Affrig, mewn lle a elwir Bridgeford, ym mhlwyf Sant Petr, wedi rhoddi galwad iddo, er derbyn urddau cyssegredig, a gweinyddu iddynt mewn pethau cyssegredig, ac fe wna hwn yrru y nythaid hon yn ddeng mil sychach, ac yn fyrddiwn mwy crin nag y buont erioed.

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3. miserly, tight

• crinder m (“dryness”)

• 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