gressin
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Piedmontese grissin, ghërsin, diminutive of ghersa (“line, row”), which is ultimately from Latin cratis (“wickerwork, fascine”). Cognate with Italian grissino.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gressin m (plural gressins)
- breadstick
- Synonym: (rare, from the Italian form) grissini
References edit
- Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “grissino”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
Further reading edit
- “gressin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.