crosta

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?] (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

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɔs.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /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)
3. rind (hard surface layer of a cheese)
4. scab (crust over a wound made from clotted blood)

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Mutation

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

Verb

crosta

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

Anagrams

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

Etymology

From Old Portuguese [Term?], 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)

Alternative forms

• crosda

Adjective

crosta

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