crosta

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan crosta), from Latin crusta (bark, crust, shell) (compare French croûte, Spanish costra), from Proto-Indo-European *krustós (hardened), from *krews- (to form a crust, begin to freeze).

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈkɾɔs.tə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈkɾɔs.ta/

Noun

crosta f (plural crostes)

  1. crust (any hard surface layer; surface layer of most breads and pastries)
  2. (geology) crust (outermost solid layer of a planet)
    Synonym: escorça
  3. rind (hard surface layer of a cheese)
  4. scab (crust over a wound made from clotted blood)

Derived terms

  • crosta làctia (cradle cap)
  • crostós

Irish

Etymology 1

Verb

crosta

  1. past participle of cros

Adjective

crosta

  1. fractious
  2. troublesome, difficult
  3. (of child) mischievous, contrary
  4. forbidden
    Synonyms: coiscthe, faoi chosc, toirmiscthe
Derived terms
  • crostacht

Noun

crosta m sg

  1. genitive singular of crosadh

Etymology 2

Preposition

crosta (plus genitive, triggers no mutation)

  1. across

Adverb

crosta

  1. across

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
crosta chrosta gcrosta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin crusta, from Proto-Indo-European *krustós (hardened), from *krews- (to form a crust, begin to freeze)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrɔs.ta/, [ˈkr̺ɔs̪t̪ä]
  • Hyphenation: crò‧sta

Noun

crosta f (plural croste)

  1. crust (of cheese, bread, etc.)
  2. scab (of a wound)
  3. daub (bad picture)
  4. rind

Derived terms

Verb

crosta

  1. third-person singular present indicative of crostare
  2. second-person singular imperative of crostare

Anagrams


Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese, from Latin crusta, from Proto-Indo-European *krustós (hardened), from *krews- (to form a crust, begin to freeze).

Noun

crosta f (plural crostas)

  1. crust (any solid, hard surface layer; outer layer of bread and pastry)
  2. (geology) crust (outermost layer of a planet)
  3. scab (incrustation over a wound)
    Synonyms: bostela, casca

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Adjective

crosta

  1. cross, irritable, grumpy, grouchy
  2. naughty, peevish

Synonyms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
crostachrosta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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