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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesle craquant
Pronunciation / Transliteration: le craquant
"J'adore le craquant de ce biscuit."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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The quality of being firm and crisp and making a sharp cracking sound when chewed or crushed.
"I love the fresh crunchiness of the carrots in this salad."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from 'crunch' (imitative of a crushing sound, first recorded in the 17th century) combined with the nominal suffix '-ness', denoting a state or quality.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Crunchiness" is said worldwide
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le craquant
Transliteration: le craquant
"J'adore le craquant de ce biscuit."
die Knusprigkeit
Transliteration: die Knusprigkeit
"Die Knusprigkeit dieser Brötchen ist einfach perfekt."
la croccantezza
Transliteration: la croccantezza
"Mi piace molto la croccantezza delle patatine."
lo crujiente
Transliteration: lo crujiente
"Disfruto mucho lo crujiente de estas galletas."
a crocância
Transliteration: a crocância
"O segredo deste prato é a crocância do bacon."
कुरकुरापन
Transliteration: kurkurapan
"इस चिप्स का कुरकुरापन बहुत अच्छा है।"
酥脆度
Transliteration: sūcuìdù
"我非常喜欢这块饼干的酥脆度。"
바삭함
Transliteration: basakham
"이 과자의 바삭함이 정말 마음에 듭니다."
歯ごたえ
Transliteration: hagotai
"このサラダの野菜の歯ごたえが素晴らしいです。"
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