creciente

Old present participle of crecer. From Old Spanish crescente, from Latin crescentem. By surface analysis, crecer +‎ -iente. Compare English crescent.

• IPA^(key): /kɾeˈθjente/ [kɾeˈθjẽn̪.t̪e] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kɾeˈsjente/ [kɾeˈsjẽn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: cre‧cien‧te

creciente m or f (masculine and feminine plural crecientes)

1. increasing, growing
2. crescent, of a waxing moon

creciente m (plural crecientes)

1. (heraldry) crescent

• “creciente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025