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noun, feminine

casse-noisette

/kas.nwa.zɛt/

noun, feminine/kas.nwa.zɛt/plural: casse-noisettes

nutcracker

Synonyms: casse-noix

From casse (“breaks”, third-person singular present indicative of casser (“to break”)) + noisette (“hazelnut”), literally “[that which] breaks hazelnut”.

casse-noisette — French Dictionary | Passage