croquant
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)