cresta

== Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin crista. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈkɾe̞s.tə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈkɾəs.tə] IPA(key): (Central) [ˈkɾɛs.tə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈkɾes.ta] === Noun === cresta f (plural crestes) comb, crest (a fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles) crest (the ridge or top of a wave) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “cresta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “cresta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “cresta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “cresta”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin crista. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkres.ta/ Rhymes: -esta Hyphenation: cré‧sta === Noun === cresta f (plural creste) crest comb (of a chicken etc.) ridge (of a mountain) Mohawk hairstyle ==== Related terms ==== cresta dell' onda cresta del monte cresta del gallo === Anagrams === tresca == Occitan == === Pronunciation === === Noun === cresta f (plural crestas) crest, ridge == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛstɐ === Verb === cresta inflection of crestar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Romanian == === Alternative forms === încresta === Etymology === Often considered to be from creastă, but more likely ultimately from Latin castrāre through metathesis (and thus possibly a doublet of the borrowing castra). Compare Occitan crestar (“to castrate”), Portuguese crestar (“collect honey from a beehive”). See also the change of 'a' to 'e' in rapidus to repede. For the development of the meaning, compare Abruzzo dialect castrá, Calabrian ncastra, ncastratura. === Verb === a cresta (third-person singular present crestează, past participle crestat) 1st conjugation to cut to notch to make incisions ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== crestătură crestare ==== See also ==== castra == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin crista. Doublet of crista. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɾesta/ [ˈkɾes.t̪a] Rhymes: -esta Syllabification: cres‧ta === Noun === cresta f (plural crestas) comb (of a chicken or other bird) crest (of an animal) sharp peaks (of a mountain) ridge (of a wave) Mohawk hairstyle Synonyms: mohicano, iro ==== Derived terms ==== === Interjection === cresta (Chile, vulgar) shit, damn (failure) === Further reading === “cresta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025