casse-noisette

== French == === Etymology === From casse (“breaks”, third-person singular present indicative of casser (“to break”)) +‎ noisette (“hazelnut”), literally “[that which] breaks hazelnut”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kas.nwa.zɛt/ ~ /kɑs.nwa.zɛt/ Homophone: casse-noisettes === Noun === casse-noisette f (plural casse-noisettes) nutcracker Synonym: casse-noix === Further reading === “casse-noisette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012