crescent
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Islam
government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
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Etymology: From Middle English cressaunt, from Anglo-Norman cressaunt and Old French creissant (“crescent of the moon”) (French croissant), from Latin crēscēns, present active participle of crēscō (“arise, thrive”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁- (“to grow”). See Old Armenian սերիմ (serim, “be born”) and սերեմ (serem, “bring forth”), Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “girl”) and κούρος (koúros, “boy”), Latin creāre (“produce, create, bring forth”) and Ceres (“goddess of agriculture”). Doublet of croissant.
The pronunciation with /z/ is a comparatively recent innovation due to the influence of words such as pheasant and present.
Inflected forms:
form: crescents
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: cres.
pos: noun
tags: alternative
abbreviation
form: cres.
pos: adj
tags: alternative
abbreviation
form: crescents
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: crescenting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: crescented
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: crescented
pos: verb
tags: past
form: cres.
pos: verb
tags: alternative
abbreviation
Senses:
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
gloss: Something shaped like a crescent, especially:
pos: noun
gloss: Something shaped like a crescent, especially:
pos: noun
gloss: Something shaped like a crescent, especially:
pos: noun
examples: The Turkish flag features a white star and crescent on red base.
gloss: Something shaped like a crescent, especially:
pos: noun
gloss: A crescent spanner.
pos: noun
tags: New-Zealand
gloss: Any of three orders of knighthood conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: Sebastiani receives publicly the Sultan's thanks, and is decorated with the Order of the Crescent
gloss: A crescentspot butterfly.
pos: noun
gloss: marked by an increase; waxing, like the Moon.
pos: adj
tags: dated
literary
not-comparable
rare
examples: For nature creſſant does not grovve alone / In thevvs and bulkes, but as this temple vvaxes, / The invvard ſervice of the minde and ſoule / Grovves vvide vvithal, […]
O, I see the crescent promise of my spirit hath not set.
crescent problems which have to be faced by a large part of humanity
gloss: Shaped like a crescent.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Astarte, queen of heaven, with crescent horns.
gloss: To form a crescent shape
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: A dark wood crescents more than half the lawn
gloss: To decorate with crescents.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Antonyms: gibbous
Derived words: crescentchest
Crescent City
crescent fresh
Crescent Head
crescentic
crescentiform
crescentlike
crescent moon
crescentoid
crescent roll
crescent-shaped
Crescent Springs
Crescent Valley
crescentwise
crescent wrench
equicrescent
Fertile Crescent
Golden Crescent
La Crescent
Mornington Crescent
Red Crescent
semicrescent
Turkish crescent
yellow-crescent blister beetle
Translations:
lang: Māori
word: kape
lang: Māori
word: niko
lang: Spanish
word: medialuna
lang: Tongan
word: kalipa
lang: Welsh
word: cilgant
lang: Finnish
word: puolikuu
lang: German
word: Halbmond
lang: Persian
word: ماهچه
roman: mâhče
lang: Polish
word: hilal
lang: Polish
word: półksiężyc
lang: Portuguese
word: crescente
lang: Spanish
word: medialuna
lang: Spanish
word: creciente
lang: Tamil
word: பிறை
roman: piṟai
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: هلال
roman: hilal