crescente

Italian

Etymology

From Latin crēscentem. Doublet of croissant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kreʃˈʃɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: cre‧scèn‧te

Adjective

crescente m or f by sense (plural crescenti)

1. increasing, growing, rising
2. waxing (moon)

   Antonym: calante

Noun

crescente m (plural crescenti)

1. (heraldry) crescent
2. sourdough

Synonyms

• pasta madre, lievito naturale, lievito madre, pasta acida

Participle

crescente m or f by sense (plural crescenti)

1. present participle of crescere

Latin

Participle

crēscente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of crēscēns

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin crēscentem. Doublet of croissant. By surface analysis, crescer +‎ -ente.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾeˈsẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾeˈsẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾeˈsẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /kɾɨʃˈsẽ.tɨ/, /kɾɨˈʃẽ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽti, -ẽt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ẽtɨ
• Hyphenation: cres‧cen‧te

Adjective

crescente m or f (plural crescentes)

1. increasing; growing

Noun

crescente m (plural crescentes)

1. crescent (figure of the crescent moon)
2. (heraldry) crescent

Noun

crescente f (plural crescentes)

1. high tide

Related terms

• crescer

Further reading

• “crescente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “crescente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025