crescent

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɛz.ənt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɛs.ənt/
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• General-American: /ˈkɹɛs.ənt/
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• General-American: /ˈkɹɛz.ənt/
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• rhymes with -ɛsənt
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• CMU ARPABET: K R EH1 S AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English cressaunt, from Anglo-Norman cressaunt and Old French creissant (“crescent of the moon”) (French croissant), from Latin crēscēns, present active participle of crēscō (“arise, thrive”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh1- (“to grow”). See Old Armenian սերիմ (serim, “be born”) and սերեմ (serem, “bring forth”), Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “girl”) and κούρος (koúros, “boy”), Latin creāre (“produce, create, bring forth”) and Ceres (“goddess of agriculture”). Doublet of croissant. The pronunciation with /z/ is a comparatively recent innovation due to the influence of words such as pheasant and present.

139 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: нарастващ (narastvašt) — marked by an increase
• Czech: vzrůstající — marked by an increase
• Finnish: kasvava — marked by an increase
• Greek: δρεπανοειδής (drepanoeidís) — marked by an increase
• Greek: μηνοειδής (minoeidís) — marked by an increase
• Italian: crescente — marked by an increase
• Portuguese: crescente — marked by an increase
• Russian: нараста́ющий (narastájuščij) — marked by an increase
• Russian: расту́щий (rastúščij) — marked by an increase
• Tagalog: gasuklay — marked by an increase
• Bulgarian: сърповиден (sǎrpoviden) — shaped like a crescent
• Esperanto: krescenta — shaped like a crescent
• Finnish: sirpinmuotoinen — shaped like a crescent
• Russian: серпови́дный (serpovídnyj) — shaped like a crescent
• Spanish: lunado — shaped like a crescent
• Spanish: medialuna — shaped like a crescent
• Vietnamese: lưỡi liềm — shaped like a crescent
• Welsh: cilgantog — shaped like a crescent
• Māori: kape — a shape in a crescent
• Māori: niko — a shape in a crescent
• Spanish: medialuna — a shape in a crescent
• Tongan: kalipa — a shape in a crescent
• Welsh: cilgant — a shape in a crescent
• Arabic: هِلَال (hilāl) — figure of the moon
• Arabic: هلال (hilāl) — figure of the moon
• Armenian: մահիկ (mahik) — figure of the moon
• Avestan: 𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬨𐬁𐬵 (aṇtarmāh) — figure of the moon
• Azerbaijani: aypara — figure of the moon
• Azerbaijani: hilal — figure of the moon
• Belarusian: паўме́сяц (pawmjésjac) — figure of the moon
• Bulgarian: полуме́сец (polumésec) — figure of the moon
• Catalan: mitja lluna — figure of the moon
• Chinese Mandarin: 新月 (xīnyuè) — figure of the moon
• Chinese Mandarin: 月牙 (yuèyá) — figure of the moon
• Czech: půlměsíc — figure of the moon
• Danish: halvmåne — figure of the moon
• Dutch: maansikkel — figure of the moon
• Dutch: wassenaar — figure of the moon
• Estonian: kuusirp — figure of the moon
• Finnish: sirppi — figure of the moon
• Finnish: kuunsirppi — figure of the moon
• French: croissant — figure of the moon
• Galician: crecente — figure of the moon
• Georgian: ნახევარმთვარე (naxevarmtvare) — figure of the moon
• German: Mondsichel — figure of the moon
• Greek: ημισέληνος (imisélinos) — figure of the moon
• Ancient Greek: μηνίσκος (mēnískos) — figure of the moon
• Hebrew: סַהַר (sáhar) — figure of the moon
• Hebrew: חֲצִי סַהַר (khatsí sáhar) — figure of the moon
• Hindi: अर्धचंद्र (ardhacandra) — figure of the moon
• Hungarian: félhold — figure of the moon
• Italian: crescente — figure of the moon
• Italian: falce — figure of the moon
• Italian: mezzaluna — figure of the moon
• Japanese: 三日月 (mikazuki) — figure of the moon
• Kazakh: жарты ай (jarty ai) — figure of the moon
• Kazakh: айшық (aişyq) — figure of the moon
• Korean: 초승달 (choseungdal) — figure of the moon
• Central Kurdish: مانگیلە (mangîle) — figure of the moon
• Latin: semiluna — figure of the moon
• Latvian: pusmēness — figure of the moon
• Lithuanian: pusmėnulis — figure of the moon
• Macedonian: полумесечина (polumesečina) — figure of the moon
• Malay: bulan sabit — figure of the moon
• Manchu: ᠪᡳᠶᠠ ᠠᡵᡤᠠᠨᠠᡥᠠ (biya arganaha) — figure of the moon
• Middle English: cressaunt — figure of the moon
• Navajo: dah yiitʼą́ — figure of the moon
• Norwegian Bokmål: halvmåne — figure of the moon
• Persian: هلال (helâl) — figure of the moon
• Persian: اندرماه (andarmâh) — figure of the moon
• Polish: półksiężyc — figure of the moon
• Portuguese: crescente — figure of the moon
• Romanian: semilună — figure of the moon
• Russian: полуме́сяц (polumésjac) — figure of the moon
• Sanskrit: अर्धचन्द्राकार (ardhacandrākāra) — figure of the moon
• Serbo-Croatian: по̏лумесе̄ц — figure of the moon
• Serbo-Croatian: по̏лумјесе̄ц — figure of the moon
• Serbo-Croatian: pȍlumesēc — figure of the moon
• Serbo-Croatian: pȍlumjesēc — figure of the moon
• Slovak: polmesiac — figure of the moon
• Slovene: polmesec — figure of the moon
• Southern Altai: јарым ай (ǰarïm ay) — figure of the moon
• Spanish: medialuna — figure of the moon
• Spanish: creciente — figure of the moon
• Swahili: hilali — figure of the moon
• Swedish: månskära — figure of the moon
• Tagalog: gasuklay — figure of the moon
• Tajik: ҳилол (hilol) — figure of the moon
• Tamil: பிறை (piṟai) — figure of the moon
• Telugu: చంద్రవంక (candravaṅka) — figure of the moon
• Turkish: hilal — figure of the moon
• Ottoman Turkish: هلال (hilal) — figure of the moon
• Ukrainian: півмі́сяць (pivmísjacʹ) — figure of the moon
• Urdu: ہلال (hilāl) — figure of the moon
• Uzbek: yarim oy — figure of the moon
• Uzbek: hilol — figure of the moon
• Vietnamese: trăng lưỡi liềm — figure of the moon
• Welsh: chwarter y lleuad — figure of the moon
• Welsh: cilgant — figure of the moon
• Bulgarian: кроасан (kroasan) — curved pastry
• Danish: horn — curved pastry
• Dutch: croissant — curved pastry
• Dutch: sikkelvormige rij huizen — curved pastry
• Finnish: voisarvi — curved pastry
• Finnish: croissant — curved pastry
• Finnish: sarvi — curved pastry
• French: croissant — curved pastry
• German: Hörnchen — curved pastry
• German: Croissant — curved pastry
• German: (Unterfranken) Kipfel — curved pastry
• German: (Unterfranken) Kipfl — curved pastry
• Hungarian: kifli — curved pastry
• Hungarian: croissant — curved pastry
• Italian: cornetto — curved pastry
• Japanese: クロワッサン (kurowassan) — curved pastry
• Korean: 크루아상 (keuruasang) — curved pastry
• Macedonian: кифла (kifla) — curved pastry
• Polish: rogal — curved pastry
• Portuguese: croissant — curved pastry
• Russian: рога́лик (rogálik) — curved pastry
• Serbo-Croatian: ròščić — curved pastry
• Serbo-Croatian: kíflica — curved pastry
• Spanish: medialuna — curved pastry
• Finnish: kaari — curved street
• Māori: arapiko — curved street
• Welsh: cilgant — curved street
• Finnish: puolikuu — symbol used by many Islamic entities
• German: Halbmond — symbol used by many Islamic entities
• Persian: ماهچه (mâhče) — symbol used by many Islamic entities
• Polish: hilal — symbol used by many Islamic entities
• Polish: półksiężyc — symbol used by many Islamic entities
• Portuguese: crescente — symbol used by many Islamic entities
• Spanish: medialuna — symbol used by many Islamic entities
• Spanish: creciente — symbol used by many Islamic entities
• Tamil: பிறை (piṟai) — symbol used by many Islamic entities
• Ottoman Turkish: هلال (hilal) — symbol used by many Islamic entities
• Finnish: makaava kuu — heraldry: waxing Moon with horns directed upward
• Middle English: cressaunt — heraldry: waxing Moon with horns directed upward
• Spanish: creciente — heraldry: waxing Moon with horns directed upward