crispy

English

Etymology

crisp +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɪs.pi/
• Rhymes: -ɪspi

Adjective

crispy (comparative crispier, superlative crispiest)

1. Having a crisp texture; brittle yet tender.

   These biscuits are very crispy.

   Baked rolls should be crispy.

Usage notes

The word crispy relates to prepared food. The word crisp may be applied to other referents, including non-prepared foods such as lettuce and other objects such as paper, with essentially the same meaning.

Derived terms

• crispiness

Translations

having a crisp texture

• Arabic: مُقَرْمَش m (muqarmaš), مُقَرْمَشَة f (muqarmaša)

  Egyptian Arabic: مقرمش m (meʔármeš), مقرمشة f (meʔarméša) كريسبى (kerésbi, kerézbi)

• Bulgarian: хрупкав (hrupkav)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 脆的 (cuì de)

• Danish: sprød, knasende
• Finnish: rapea (fi), (colloquial) rapsakka (fi)
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• German: knusprig (de)
• Macedonian: крцкаво (krckavo)
• Malay: rangup
• Portuguese: crocante (pt)
• Spanish: crujiente (es)
• Tagalog: malutong
• Thai: please add this translation if you can

Noun

crispy (plural crispies)

1. (informal) The well-baked fat on the surface of a piece of roasted meat.

Anagrams

• cypris