crunchy

English

Etymology

crunch +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹʌntʃi/

Adjective

crunchy (comparative crunchier, superlative crunchiest)

1. Likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten.
2. (slang) Having sensibilities of a counter-culture nature lover or hippie; derived from the concept of crunchy granola.

   San Francisco is a very crunchy town.

Synonyms

• crispy

Translations

likely to crunch

• Catalan: cruixent
• Finnish: rapea (fi)
• French: croquant (fr)
• German: knusprig (de)
• Greek: τραγανιστός (el) (traganistós)
• Norwegian: knasende

  Nynorsk: krasete, knasande, sprø

• Polish: chrupki m, kruchy (pl) m
• Russian: хрустя́щий (ru) (xrustjáščij)
• Spanish: crujiente (es)
• Turkish: kıtır (tr), çıtır