croissant

See also: Croissant

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Croissants are usually eaten for breakfast.

Noun

croissant (plural croissants)

  1. A flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent.

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Catalan

Noun

croissant m (plural croissants)

  1. croissant

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/, [krʋɑˈsɑ̃], [krɑˈsɑ̃]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

croissant m (plural croissants, diminutive croissantje n)

  1. croissant

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkroɑsɑːn/ (approximating the French pronunciation)
  • IPA(key): /ˈkroi̯sːɑnt/ (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

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)

Noun

croissant m (plural croissants)

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

Derived terms

Adjective

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

  1. increasing, augmenting

Verb

croissant

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

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krwasˈsan/

Noun

croissant m (plural invariable or croissants)

  1. croissant

Synonyms

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌkɾo.a.ˈsɐ̃/, /kɾwa.ˈsɐ̃/

Noun

croissant m (plural croissants)

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

Spanish

Noun

croissant m (plural croissants)

  1. Alternative spelling of cruasán

Swedish

Etymology

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

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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