crescere

From Latin crēscere, from Proto-Italic *krēskō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁- (“to grow, become bigger”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkreʃ.ʃe.re/
• Rhymes: -eʃʃere
• Hyphenation: cré‧sce‧re

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1. (intransitive) to grow, to increase, to expand [auxiliary essere]
2. (intransitive, figurative) to progress [auxiliary essere]
3. (transitive) to increase
4. (transitive) to grow, to cultivate

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• crescendo
• crescenza
• crescimento
• crescita
• decrescere / screscere
• increscere / rincrescere
• crescent, from the French croissant, used to describe the waxing phase of the moon

crēscere

1. present active infinitive of crēscō