croûton
See also: crouton
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
croûton (plural croûtons)
- Alternative form of crouton
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- crouton (1990 reform spelling)
EtymologyEdit
Early Modern French crouston, corresponding to croûte + -on.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
croûton m (plural croûtons)
- heel (end-piece of a loaf of bread)
- crouton
- (figuratively) a backwards, mediocre person
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Further readingEdit
- “croûton” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).