קיפּל

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German kipfe (“roll of bread”). Compare German Kipfl (“(Bavaria, Austria) croissant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪpɫ̩/

Noun

קיפּל • (kipl) m, plural קיפּלען (kiplen)

1. croissant

   Synonym: קרואַסאַן (kruasan)

Usage notes

• Note that ראָגאַל (rogal) and ראָגאַלקע (rogalke) may also be used to mean "croissant", even though the rugelach is distinct to the croissant; compare Polish rogalik, Russian рога́лик (rogálik), and semantically also German Hörnchen.

See also

• (rugelach, another crescent-shaped pastry): ראָגאַל (rogal), ראָגאַלקע (rogalke)

References

• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “croissant”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN