"crescente" meaning in Italian

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Adjective

IPA: /kreʃˈʃɛn.te/ Forms: crescenti [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnte Etymology: From Latin crēscentem. Doublet of croissant. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|crescens|crēscentem}} Latin crēscentem, {{doublet|it|croissant}} Doublet of croissant Head templates: {{it-adj}} crescente m or f by sense (plural crescenti)
  1. increasing, growing, rising Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-crescente-it-adj-lRzW7gmr
  2. waxing (moon) Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-crescente-it-adj-tAoOMtbC

Noun

IPA: /kreʃˈʃɛn.te/ Forms: crescenti [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnte Etymology: From Latin crēscentem. Doublet of croissant. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|crescens|crēscentem}} Latin crēscentem, {{doublet|it|croissant}} Doublet of croissant Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} crescente m (plural crescenti)
  1. (heraldry) crescent Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-crescente-it-noun-lK9ncA9p Categories (other): Heraldic charges, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 25 11 52 5 7 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
  2. sourdough Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-crescente-it-noun-~xC-pitk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pasta madre, lievito naturale, lievito madre, pasta acida

Verb

IPA: /kreʃˈʃɛn.te/ Forms: crescenti [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnte Etymology: From Latin crēscentem. Doublet of croissant. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|crescens|crēscentem}} Latin crēscentem, {{doublet|it|croissant}} Doublet of croissant
  1. present participle of crescere Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, form-of, masculine, participle, present Form of: crescere
    Sense id: en-crescente-it-verb-0S7orQBD

Inflected forms

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