croûte

== French == === Alternative forms === croute (post-1990 spelling) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French crouste, from Old French croste, cruste, from Latin crusta (“hard outer covering”), from Proto-Indo-European *krustós (“hardened”), from *krews- (“to form a crust, begin to freeze”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʁut/ Homophone: croûtes === Noun === croûte f (plural croûtes) crust (of e.g. bread) (geology) crust scab ==== Derived terms ==== écroûter casser la croûte === Further reading === “croûte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === courte, couter, coûter