crescere
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin crēscere, from Proto-Italic *krēskō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁- (“to grow, become bigger”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]créscere (first-person singular present crésco, first-person singular past historic crébbi, past participle cresciùto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)
- (intransitive) to grow, to increase, to expand [auxiliary essere]
- (intransitive, figurative) to progress [auxiliary essere]
- (transitive) to increase
- (transitive) to grow, to cultivate
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of créscere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Intransitive.
2Transitive.
Related terms
[edit]- crescendo
- crescenza
- crescimento
- crescita
- decrescere / screscere
- increscere / rincrescere
- crescent, from the French croissant, used to describe the waxing phase of the moon
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]crēscere
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- Rhymes:Italian/eʃʃere
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