croquant
Appearance
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From croquer.
Adjective
[edit]croquant (feminine croquante, masculine plural croquants, feminine plural croquantes)
- crunchy
- Synonym: croustillant
Descendants
[edit]Noun
[edit]croquant m (plural croquants)
- biscotto
- croquant aux amandes ― almond biscotto
- (anatomy) antihelix (cartilage of the ear)
- (Louisiana) cartilage
- (Quebec) gristle
Participle
[edit]croquant
Etymology 2
[edit]From Occitan croucant. Further etymology disputed.
Noun
[edit]croquant m (plural croquants, feminine croquante)
- (historical) A participant in a series of jacqueries or peasants' revolts in the South of France during the late 16th and early 17th centuries CE.
- (by extension) beggar
Further reading
[edit]- “croquant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)
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