Crescentia

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Crescentia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bignoniaceae – certain fruit trees.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I – clades; Lamiales – order; Bignoniaceae – family; Crescentieae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Crescentia cujete (calabash tree) - type species

References

• Crescentia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Crescentia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Crescentia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

German

Etymology

From Latin Crēscentia, from crēscēns (“growing, increasing, rising, thriving”), from crēscō (“I grow, increase, rise, thrive”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Crescentia f (proper noun, genitive Crescentia)

1. a female given name from Latin

Derived terms

• Zenzi (diminutive)
• Zenze (diminutive)
• Zenz

Latin

Etymology

From crēscēns (“growing, increasing, rising, thriving”), from crēscō (“I grow, increase, rise, thrive”). Feminine form of the name Crescentius.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kresˈken.ti.a/, [krɛs̠ˈkɛn̪t̪iä]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kreʃˈʃen.t͡si.a/, [kreʃˈʃɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Proper noun

Crescentia f (genitive Crescentiae, masculine Crescentius); first declension

1. A feminine praenomen.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Crescentia	Crescentiae
genitive	Crescentiae	Crescentiārum
dative	Crescentiae	Crescentiīs
accusative	Crescentiam	Crescentiās
ablative	Crescentiā	Crescentiīs
vocative	Crescentia	Crescentiae

Derived terms

• Crēscentina