Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin concrēscere and modeled after native Italian créscere. By surface analysis, con- +‎ crescere.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /konˈkreʃ.ʃe.re/
  • Rhymes: -eʃʃere
  • Hyphenation: con‧cré‧sce‧re

Verb

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concréscere (first-person singular present concrésco, first-person singular past historic concrébbi, past participle concresciùto, auxiliary èssere) (intransitive, uncommon) [auxiliary essere]

  1. to grow together to form a concrescence
  2. to coalesce

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • concrescere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

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Verb

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concrēscere

  1. present active infinitive of concrēscō