croissant

See also: Croissant

English

Croissants are usually eaten for breakfast.

Etymology

Borrowed from French croissant (crescent), present participle of croître (to grow). Doublet of crescent.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: krwä-säɴʹ, krə-säntʹ
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈk(ɹ)wæsɒ̃/, /ˈk(ɹ)wʌsɒ̃/, /ˈk(ɹ)wɑːsɒ̃/
  • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /kɹəˈsɑnt/, /k(ɹ)wɑˈsɑ̃/
  • (US)
    (file)
    IPA(key): [kʰɹəˈsɑnt]
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /kɹəˈsɑnt/, /k(ɹ)wɑˈsɑ̃/, /kxwəˈsɑ̃(t)/
  • (Canada)
    (file)
    IPA(key): [kʰɹ̥əˈsɑnt]
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /kɹɘˈsɔnt/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /kɹəˈsɔnt/
  • Rhymes: (US, Canada) -ɑnt, (Australia, New Zealand) -ɔnt

Noun

croissant (plural croissants)

  1. A flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent.
    Synonyms: crescent, crescent roll, kipfel
    Hypernym: viennoiserie

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

Anagrams


Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

croissant m (plural croissants)

  1. croissant

Derived terms

  • croissanteria

Czech

Noun

croissant m

  1. croissant

Further reading

  • croissant in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French croissant, present participle of verb croître (to grow).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krɑˈsɑnt/, /krɔˈsɑnt/, /krʋɑˈsɑnt/, [krʋɑˈsɑ̃], [krɑˈsɑ̃]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: crois‧sant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

croissant m (plural croissants, diminutive croissantje n)

  1. croissant

Derived terms

  • chocoladecroissant
  • kaascroissant

Descendants

  • Indonesian: kroisan

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from French croissant, present participle of verb croître (to grow).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkruɑˈsã, kroɑsɑːn/, [ˈkruɑˈs̠ã, kro̞ɑs̠ɑːn] (approximating the French pronunciation more or less closely)[1]
  • IPA(key): /ˈkroi̯sːɑnt/, [ˈkro̞i̯s̠ːɑn̪t̪] (following Finnish pronunciation rules)

Noun

croissant

  1. croissant

Declension

Inflection of croissant (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative croissant croissantit
genitive croissantin croissantien
partitive croissantia croissanteja
illative croissantiin croissanteihin
singular plural
nominative croissant croissantit
accusative nom. croissant croissantit
gen. croissantin
genitive croissantin croissantien
partitive croissantia croissanteja
inessive croissantissa croissanteissa
elative croissantista croissanteista
illative croissantiin croissanteihin
adessive croissantilla croissanteilla
ablative croissantilta croissanteilta
allative croissantille croissanteille
essive croissantina croissanteina
translative croissantiksi croissanteiksi
instructive croissantein
abessive croissantitta croissanteitta
comitative croissanteineen
Possessive forms of croissant (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person croissantini croissantimme
2nd person croissantisi croissantinne
3rd person croissantinsa

Synonyms

References

  1. "croissant" in the Kielitoimiston sanakirja

French

Etymology

Present participle of the verb croître (to increase, to grow). From Old French croisant, from earlier creissant, from Latin crēscēns, crēscentem, present active participle of crēscō (I augment).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʁwa.sɑ̃/
  • (file)
  • (file)

Noun

croissant m (plural croissants)

  1. crescent
  2. croissant
  3. crescent moon
    croissant de lune
  4. (heraldry) crescent

Derived terms

Descendants

Adjective

croissant (feminine croissante, masculine plural croissants, feminine plural croissantes)

  1. increasing, augmenting

Participle

croissant

  1. present participle of croître
  2. present participle of croitre

Further reading

Anagrams


Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French croissant, present participle of verb croître (to grow). Doublet of crescente.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krwasˈsan/
  • Rhymes: -an

Noun

croissant m (usually invariable, plural croissants)

  1. croissant
    Synonyms: brioche, cornetto

Anagrams


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French croissant.

Noun

croissant m (definite singular croissanten, indefinite plural croissanter, definite plural croissantene)

  1. a croissant

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French croissant.

Noun

croissant m (definite singular croissanten, indefinite plural croissantar, definite plural croissantane)

  1. a croissant

References


Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French croissant, from Old French croisant, from earlier creissant, from Latin crēscēns, crēscentem, present active participle of crēscō (I augment).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrwa.sã/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔsan
  • Syllabification: croi‧ssant

Noun

croissant m inan

  1. croissant

Declension

Further reading

  • croissant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • croissant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French croissant, present participle of verb croître (to grow). Doublet of crescente.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kɾu.aˈsɐ̃/ [kɾʊ.aˈsɐ̃], (faster pronunciation) /kɾwaˈsɐ̃/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɾu.aˈsɐ̃/, (faster pronunciation) /kɾwaˈsɐ̃/

Noun

croissant m (plural croissants)

  1. croissant (a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French croissant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɾwaˈsan/ [kɾwaˈsãn]
  • Rhymes: -an

Noun

croissant m (plural croissants)

  1. Alternative form of cruasán

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.


Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French croissant, present participle of verb croître (to grow).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krʊ.aˈsaŋ/

Noun

croissant c

  1. croissant

Declension

Declension of croissant 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative croissant croissanten croissanter croissanterna
Genitive croissants croissantens croissanters croissanternas
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