crescent

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(krĕs'ənt) pronunciation
n.
  1. The figure of the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter, 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.
adj.
  1. Crescent-shaped.
  2. Waxing, as the moon; increasing.

[Middle English cressaunt, from Anglo-Norman, variant of Old French creissant, from present participle of creistre, to grow, from Latin crēscere.]

crescentic cres·cen'tic (krə-sĕn'tĭk) adj.

crescent, emblematic representation of the quarter moon. The crescent and star, ancient Byzantine symbols that became the emblems of Constantinople, were also assumed as the standard of the Ottoman Turks. The crescent surmounted by a cross indicates the origin of the Eastern Orthodox Church. The crescent appears on the flags of various present-day Muslim nations. The emblem is also used in blazonry.


1. shaped like a new moon.
2. a crescent-shaped structure.

  • glomerular c. — proliferation of parietal epithelial cells lining Bowman's capsule in the kidney; may protrude into Bowman's space and eventually lead to destruction of the glomerulus.
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For a list of words related to crescent, see:
  • Pastry
  • Roadways and Driving - crescent: short roadway curved in a half-circle
  • Shapes - crescent: shape bounded by convex and concave edges of less than half a hemisphere


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - halvmåne, halvmånesegl, halvmåneform, islams segl
adj. - tiltagende, halvmåneformet

Nederlands (Dutch)
(in de vorm van een) maansikkel, toenemend, symbool van Islam

Français (French)
n. - croissant, (Relig) le Croissant, rangée de maisons en arc de cercle
adj. - en croissant, en arc de cercle

Deutsch (German)
n. - Halbmond
adj. - zunehmend, halbmondförmig

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ημισέληνος, μισοφέγγαρο, ημικυκλικός αστικός δρόμος
adj. - μηνοειδής, ημισελινοειδής

Italiano (Italian)
mezzaluna

Português (Portuguese)
n. - crescente (m)
adj. - crescente, semilunar

Русский (Russian)
полумесяц

Español (Spanish)
n. - media luna, luna creciente
adj. - creciente

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - månskära, halvmåne, svängd husrad, giffel
adj. - halvmånformig, tilltagande (bildl.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
新月, 新月形之物, 新月形的, 逐渐增加的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 新月, 新月形之物
adj. - 新月形的, 逐漸增加的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 초승달, 초승달 모양의 물건
adj. - 초승달 모양의, 점점 커지는

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 三日月, 三日月状のもの, 三日月状の街路, 新月章
adj. - 三日月形の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) هلال (صفه) هلالي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קשת, חצי-סהר‬
adj. - ‮קשתי‬


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