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/
Audio (file) - Homophone: casse-noisettes
Further reading
- “casse-noisette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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