citrine
\si.tʁin\
The verdict
“citrine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variété de quartz dont la couleur jaune est due à la présence d’infimes quantités d’oxydes de fer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-citrine · citrine · French
citrine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | citrine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \si.tʁin\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
citrine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.tʁin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for citrine in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is citrine, spelled C-I-T-R-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Variété de quartz dont la couleur jaune est due à la présence d’infimes quantités d’oxydes de fer.
- 2Huile essentielle de citron.
- 3Amanite citrine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how citrine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mme Rezeau — qui à La Belle Angerie se nippe comme une souillon — s'avance en grand arroi, lente, coiffée haut, gantée long, poussant une robe de velours violet sur quoi ruisselle, sorti du même écrin que son bracelet et que ses pendulantes boucles d'oreille, un collier de topazes — qui doivent être des citrines, mais qui font de l'effet.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.