crosta

Catalan

Etymology

From (compare Occitan crosta), from Latin crusta (“bark, crust, shell”) (compare French croûte, Spanish costra), from Proto-Indo-European *krustós (“hardened”), from *krews- (“to form a crust, begin to freeze”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkɾɔs.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkɾɔs.ta]

Noun

crosta f (plural crostes)

1. crust (any hard surface layer; surface layer of most breads and pastries)
2. (geology) crust (outermost solid layer of a planet)

   Synonym: escorça

3. rind (hard surface layer of a cheese)
4. scab (crust over a wound made from clotted blood)

Derived terms

• crosta làctia (“cradle cap”)

Related terms

• crostós

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Irish

Etymology 1

Verb

crosta

1. past participle of cros

Adjective

crosta

1. fractious
2. troublesome, difficult
3. (of child) mischievous, contrary
4. forbidden

   Synonyms: coiscthe, faoi chosc, toirmiscthe

Derived terms

• crostacht

Noun

crosta m sg

1. genitive singular of crosadh

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Preposition

crosta (plus genitive, triggers no mutation)

1. across

Adverb

crosta

1. across

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
crosta	chrosta	gcrosta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin crusta, from Proto-Indo-European *krustós (“hardened”), from *krews- (“to form a crust, begin to freeze”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɔs.ta/, [ˈkr̺ɔs̪t̪ä]
• Hyphenation: crò‧sta

Noun

crosta f (plural croste)

1. crust (of cheese, bread, etc.)
2. scab (of a wound)
3. daub (bad picture)
4. rind

Derived terms

• crosta lattea (“cradle cap”)
• crosta terrestre (“Earth's crust”)
• crostare

 

Related terms

• crostoso

Verb

crosta

1. third-person singular present indicative of crostare
2. second-person singular imperative of crostare

Anagrams

• castro, castrò, scarto, scartò, scorta, storca

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin crusta, from Proto-Indo-European *krustós (“hardened”), from *krews- (“to form a crust, begin to freeze”).

Noun

crosta f (plural crostas)

1. crust (any solid, hard surface layer; outer layer of bread and pastry)
2. (geology) crust (outermost layer of a planet)
3. scab (incrustation over a wound)

   Synonyms: bostela, casca

Related terms

• crostoso

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• crosda

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

crosta

1. cross, irritable, grumpy, grouchy
2. naughty, peevish

Synonyms

• dranndanach
• gruamach

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
crosta	chrosta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.