gressin
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Piedmontese grissin, ghërsin, diminutive of ghersa (“line, row”), which is ultimately from Latin cratis (“wickerwork, fascine”). Cognate with Italian grissino.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gressin m (plural gressins)
- breadstick
- Synonym: (rare, from the Italian form) grissini
References[edit]
- Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “grissino”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
Further reading[edit]
- “gressin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.