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crescent
English
Alternative forms
- (curved street): cres. (abbreviation)
Etymology
From Middle English cressaunt, from Anglo-Norman cressaunt and Old French creissant (“crescent of the moon”) (French croissant), from Latin cr?sc?ns, present active participle of cr?sc? (“arise, thrive”), from Proto-Indo-European *?reh?- (“to grow”). See Old Armenian ????? (serim, “be born”) and ????? (serem, “bring forth”), Ancient Greek ???? (kór?, “girl”) and ?????? (koúros, “boy”), Latin creare (“produce, create, bring forth”) and Ceres (“goddess of agriculture”). Doublet of croissant.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k??.z?nt/, /?k??.s?nt/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k??.s?nt/, /?k??.z?nt/
- Rhymes: -?s?nt, -?z?nt
Noun
crescent (plural crescents)
- The figure of the moon as it appears between its first or last quarter and the new moon, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.
- Something shaped like a crescent, especially:
- A curved pastry.
- A curved street, often presenting a continuous façade, as of row houses.
- (Islam) A representation of crescent used as a symbol of Islam.
- (New Zealand) A crescent spanner.
- (historical) Any of three orders of knighthood conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Brande & C to this entry?)
- (heraldry) The emblem of the waxing Moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants.
- A crescentspot butterfly.
Derived terms
- Crescent City
- crescent roll
- Crescent Springs
- Fertile Crescent
Translations
Adjective
crescent (not comparable)
- (dated, rare) marked by an increase; waxing, like the Moon.
- 1835, Tennyson, “Locksley Hall”, Poems, Moxon, London (1842):
- O, I see the crescent promise of my spirit hath not set.
- 1835, Tennyson, “Locksley Hall”, Poems, Moxon, London (1842):
- Shaped like a crescent.
Antonyms
- gibbous
Translations
Verb
crescent (third-person singular simple present crescents, present participle crescenting, simple past and past participle crescented)
- (transitive) To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent.
- (transitive) To adorn with crescents.
Latin
Verb
cr?scent
- third-person plural future active indicative of cr?sc?
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falcate
English
Etymology
Latin falx (“sickle”) +? -ate (“resembling”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fælke?t/
Adjective
falcate (comparative more falcate, superlative most falcate)
- (zoology and botany) Shaped like a sickle.
Synonyms
- falciform
- falcular
- drepaniform
Related terms
- defalcate
Translations
Anagrams
- facetal
Italian
Noun
falcate f
- plural of falcata
Adjective
falcate m
- plural of falcato
Latin
Adjective
falc?te
- vocative masculine singular of falc?tus
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