crescente

From Latin crēscentem. Doublet of croissant.

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

crescente m or f by sense (plural crescenti)

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

   Antonym: calante

crescente m (plural crescenti)

1. (heraldry) crescent
2. sourdough

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

crescente m or f by sense (plural crescenti)

1. present participle of crescere

crēscente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of crēscēns

Inherited from Latin crescentem.

crescente

1. growing

• Spanish: cresciente, creciente

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

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

crescente m or f (plural crescentes)

1. increasing; growing

crescente m (plural crescentes)

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

crescente f (plural crescentes)

1. high tide

• “crescente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “crescente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026