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Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cressaunt and continental Old French creissant, both from Latin crēscēns, crēscēntem; equivalent to cresen + -ant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /krɛˈsau̯nt/, /ˈkrɛsau̯nt/
Noun
cressaunt
- crescent (shape or heraldic charge)
- (rare) crescent (of the moon)
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