crescent

(krĕs'ənt)

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.

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.]

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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.

• 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

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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