croissant
English

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/
Audio (UK) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /kɹəˈsɑnt/, /k(ɹ)wɑˈsɑ̃/
- (US)
IPA(key): [kʰɹəˈsɑnt](file) - (Canada) IPA(key): /kɹəˈsɑnt/, /k(ɹ)wɑˈsɑ̃/, /kxwəˈsɑ̃(t)/
- (Canada)
IPA(key): [kʰɹ̥əˈsɑnt](file) - (New Zealand) IPA(key): /kɹɘˈsɔnt/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /kɹəˈsɔnt/
- Rhymes: (US, Canada) -ɑnt, (Australia, New Zealand) -ɔnt
Noun
croissant (plural croissants)
- A flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent.
- Synonyms: crescent, crescent roll, kipfel
- Hypernym: viennoiserie
Derived terms
Translations
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Catalan
Derived terms
- croissanteria
Czech
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /krɑˈsɑnt/, /krɔˈsɑnt/, /krʋɑˈsɑnt/, [krʋɑˈsɑ̃], [krɑˈsɑ̃]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: crois‧sant
- Rhymes: -ɑnt
Derived terms
- chocoladecroissant
- kaascroissant
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkruɑˈsã, kroɑsɑːn/, [ˈkruɑˈs̠ã, kro̞ɑs̠ɑːn] (approximating the French pronunciation more or less closely)[1]
- IPA(key): /ˈkroi̯sːɑnt/, [ˈkro̞i̯s̠ːɑn̪t̪] (following Finnish pronunciation rules)
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
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/
Audio (FR) (file) Audio (file)
Noun
croissant m (plural croissants)
Derived terms
- (croissant): croissandwich
- (crescent): Croissant fertile
Descendants
Adjective
croissant (feminine croissante, masculine plural croissants, feminine plural croissantes)
Further reading
- “croissant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French croissant, present participle of verb croître (“to grow”). Doublet of crescente.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /krwasˈsan/
- Rhymes: -an
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
croissant m (definite singular croissanten, indefinite plural croissanter, definite plural croissantene)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
croissant m (definite singular croissanten, indefinite plural croissantar, definite plural croissantane)
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/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔsan
- Syllabification: croi‧ssant
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | croissant | croissanty |
| genitive | croissanta | croissantów |
| dative | croissantowi | croissantom |
| accusative | croissanta | croissanty |
| instrumental | croissantem | croissantami |
| locative | croissancie | croissantach |
| vocative | croissancie | croissanty |
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French croissant, present participle of verb croître (“to grow”). Doublet of crescente.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɾwaˈsan/ [kɾwaˈsãn]
- Rhymes: -an
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /krʊ.aˈsaŋ/
Declension
| Declension of croissant | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | croissant | croissanten | croissanter | croissanterna |
| Genitive | croissants | croissantens | croissanters | croissanternas |
