casse-noisette
French
editEtymology
editFrom casse (“breaks”, third-person singular present indicative of casser (“to break”)) + noisette (“hazelnut”), literally “[that which] breaks hazelnut”.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /kas.nwa.zɛt/ ~ /kɑs.nwa.zɛt/
Audio: (file) - Homophone: casse-noisettes
Noun
editcasse-noisette f (plural casse-noisettes)
- nutcracker
- Synonym: casse-noix
Further reading
edit- “casse-noisette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.