different between crescent vs jiaozi

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)

1. 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.
2. Something shaped like a crescent, especially:
   1. A curved pastry.
   2. A curved street, often presenting a continuous façade, as of row houses.
3. (Islam) A representation of crescent used as a symbol of Islam.

4. (New Zealand) A crescent spanner.
5. (historical) Any of three orders of knighthood conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services.

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6. (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.
7. A crescentspot butterfly.

Derived terms

• Crescent City
• crescent roll
• Crescent Springs
• Fertile Crescent

Translations

Adjective

crescent (not comparable)

1. (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.
2. Shaped like a crescent.

Antonyms

• gibbous

Translations

Verb

crescent (third-person singular simple present crescents, present participle crescenting, simple past and past participle crescented)

1. (transitive) To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent.
2. (transitive) To adorn with crescents.

Latin

Verb

cr?scent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of cr?sc?

English

Alternative forms

• (from Wade-Giles) chiao-tze

Etymology

From Mandarin ????? (ji?ozi). Doublet of gyoza.

Noun

jiaozi (plural jiaozi)

1. A Chinese crescent-shaped dumpling filled with a minced stuffing and steamed, boiled or fried; the Chinese equivalent of the Japanese gyoza.
   • 2010, Alan Hoenig, Eating Out in China: A Traveler's Resource (page 52)

     Jiaozi are eaten all year long and at any time of day—breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

   • 2015, Rongguang Zhao, Gangliu Wang, Aimee Yiran Wang, A History of Food Culture in China (page 39)

     In comparison, jiaozi fillings are much more diverse than those used for wontons. They could be any kind of meat, as well as many varieties of vegetables to make vegetarian jiaozi. And jiaozi are usually larger than wontons.

Translations

See also

• potsticker
• gyoza
• pelmeni

References

• OED 2006