casse-noisette
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From 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[edit]
casse-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.