croissant

See also: Croissant

English

Croissants are usually eaten for breakfast.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French croissant (“crescent”), present participle of croître (“to grow”). Doublet of crescent, creature, crew, recreation, and recruit.

Pronunciation

• enPR: krə-säntʹ, krwa-säɴʹ , krwä-säɴʹ
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈk(ɹ)wæsɒ̃/, /ˈk(ɹ)wʌsɒ̃/, /ˈk(ɹ)wɑːsɒ̃/

  • Audio (UK):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /kɹəˈsɑnt/, /k(ɹ)wɑˈsɑ̃/

  • Audio:

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• (Canada) IPA^(key): /kɹəˈsɑnt/, /k(ɹ)waˈsɑ̃/, /kwə-/, /kɹə-/

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• (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

• croffle
• croissandwich
• croissantlike
• cronut
• cruffin

 

Translations

a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent

• Afrikaans: croissant
• Arabic: كْرُوَاسَان m (kruwāsān), كُرْوَاسُون m (kurwāsūn)

  Hijazi Arabic: كُرْواسون m (kurwāsōn)

• Armenian: կրուասան (kruasan)
• Azerbaijani: kruassan
• Basque: kruasan
• Belarusian: круаса́н m (kruasán)
• Bulgarian: кроаса́н m (kroasán)
• Catalan: croissant (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 牛角包 (ngau⁴ gok³ baau¹), 牛角酥 (ngau⁴ gok³ sou¹)

  Hokkien: please add this translation if you can

  Mandarin: 牛角麵包／牛角面包 (zh) (niújiǎo miànbāo), 新月形麵包／新月形面包 (zh) (xīnyuè xíng miànbāo), 牛角包 (zh) (niújiǎobāo), 羊角麵包／羊角面包 (zh) (yángjiǎo miànbāo), 可頌／可颂 (zh) (kěsòng), 羊角包 (zh) (yángjiǎobāo)

• Czech: croissant (cs) m
• Danish: croissant (da) c
• Dutch: croissant (nl) m
• Esperanto: korna bulko, lunarka bulko
• Estonian: sarvesai
• Finnish: voisarvi (fi), kroissantti (fi), croissant (fi)
• French: croissant (fr) m
• Georgian: კროასანი (ḳroasani), კრუასანი (ka) (ḳruasani)
• German: Croissant (de) n, Hörnchen (de) n, Gipfeli (de) n (Switzerland), Kipfl (de) n (regional)
• Greek: κρουασάν (el) n (krouasán)
• Hebrew: קְרוּאָסוֹן (he) m (keru'asón), סַהֲרוֹן m (saharón)
• Hindi: क्रोइसैन (kroisain)
• Hungarian: croissant (hu), kifli (hu)
• Indonesian: roti bulan sabit, roti sabit, kroisan
• Irish: croissant m
• Italian: brioche (it) f, cornetto (it) m, croissant (it) m, (Swiss Italian) chifer m
• Japanese: クロワッサン (ja) (kurowassan)
• Khmer: នំគ្រ័រសង់ (numkrôrsâng), នំក្រូសង់ (numkrosngô)
• Korean: 크루아상 (ko) (keuruasang), 크레센트 (keuresenteu), 크레센트 롤빵 (keuresenteu rolppang)
• Lao: ຄົວຊ່ອງ (khūa sǭng)
• Macedonian: кроаса́н (mk) m (kroasán)
• Malay: roti bulan sabit, roti tanduk
• Maori: parāoa kape
• Norman: crouaîssant m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: croissant m

  Nynorsk: croissant m

• Persian: کرواسان (koroasã)
• Polish: croissant (pl) m, rogalik (pl) m
• Portuguese: croissant (pt) m, croassã (pt) m
• Romanian: croasant (ro) n
• Russian: круасса́н (ru) m (kruassán), рога́лик (ru) m (rogálik)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кроа̀са̄н m

  Roman: kroàsān (sh) m

• Sicilian: chìffili m
• Slovak: rožok m
• Spanish: croissant (es) m, cruasán (es) m, (Central America) cuerno (es) m, (Costa Rica) cangrejo (es) m, (Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela) cacho (es) m, (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay) medialuna (es) f
• Swedish: giffel (sv) c, croissant (sv) c
• Thai: ครัวซ็อง (kruua-sɔng)
• Turkish: kruvasan (tr), kruasan (tr), ay çöreği (tr)
• Ukrainian: круаса́н m (kruasán)
• Urdu: کروسنٹ (krosanṭ)
• Vietnamese: bánh sừng bò, bánh con cua, bánh croa-xăng
• Yiddish: קרואַסאַן m (kruasan), קיפּל m (kipl)
• Zulu: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• croissant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Carsonist, Crisantos, Nicastros, anticross, cast irons

Basque

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French croissant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krwas̺an/ [krwa.s̺ãn]
• Rhymes: -as̺an

Noun

croissant inan

1. croissant

Declension

Declension of croissant (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	croissant	croissant-a	croissant-ak
ergative	croissant-ek	croissant-ak	croissant-ek
dative	croissant-i	croissant-ari	croissant-ei
genitive	croissant-en	croissant-aren	croissant-en
comitative	croissant-ekin	croissant-arekin	croissant-ekin
causative	croissant-engatik	croissant-arengatik	croissant-engatik
benefactive	croissant-entzat	croissant-arentzat	croissant-entzat
instrumental	croissant-ez	croissant-az	croissant-ez
inessive	croissant-etan	croissant-ean	croissant-etan
locative	croissant-etako	croissant-eko	croissant-etako
allative	croissant-etara	croissant-era	croissant-etara
terminative	croissant-etaraino	croissant-eraino	croissant-etaraino
directive	croissant-etarantz	croissant-erantz	croissant-etarantz
destinative	croissant-etarako	croissant-erako	croissant-etarako
ablative	croissant-etatik	croissant-etik	croissant-etatik
partitive	croissant-ik	—	—
prolative	croissant-tzat	—	—

Further reading

• “croissant”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia

Catalan

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French croissant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kɾu.əˈsan]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kɾu.aˈsan]

Noun

croissant m (plural croissants)

1. croissant

Derived terms

• croissanteria

Czech

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French croissant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkroasan]
• IPA^(key): [ˈkroasaːn]
• Oblique cases use any of [ˈkroasaːnt-], [ˈkroasaːn-], [ˈkroasant-] or [ˈkroasan-].

Noun

croissant m inan

1. croissant

Declension

Declension of croissant (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	croissant	croissanty
genitive	croissantu	croissantů
dative	croissantu	croissantům
accusative	croissant	croissanty
vocative	croissante	croissanty
locative	croissantu	croissantech
instrumental	croissantem	croissanty

Further reading

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

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krɑˈsɑnt/, /krɔˈsɑnt/, /krʋɑˈsɑnt/, [krʋɑˈsɑ̃], [krɑˈsɑ̃]

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• Hyphenation: crois‧sant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

croissant m (plural croissants, diminutive croissantje n)

1. croissant

Derived terms

• chocoladecroissant
• kaascroissant

Descendants

• → Indonesian: kroisan

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kruaˈsã/ (approximating the French pronunciation more or less closely)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkroɑsɑːn/, [ˈkro̞ɑ̝s̠ɑ̝ːn] (approximating the French pronunciation more or less closely)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkroi̯sːɑnt/, [ˈkro̞i̯s̠ːɑ̝n̪t̪] (following Finnish pronunciation rules)

Noun

croissant

1. Synonym of voisarvi

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
abessive		croissantitta	croissanteitta
instructive		—	croissantein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of croissant (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative croissantini croissantini accusative nom. croissantini croissantini gen. croissantini genitive croissantini croissantieni partitive croissantiani croissantejani inessive croissantissani croissanteissani elative croissantistani croissanteistani illative croissantiini croissanteihini adessive croissantillani croissanteillani ablative croissantiltani croissanteiltani allative croissantilleni croissanteilleni essive croissantinani croissanteinani translative croissantikseni croissanteikseni abessive croissantittani croissanteittani instructive — — comitative — croissanteineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative croissantisi croissantisi accusative nom. croissantisi croissantisi gen. croissantisi genitive croissantisi croissantiesi partitive croissantiasi croissantejasi inessive croissantissasi croissanteissasi elative croissantistasi croissanteistasi illative croissantiisi croissanteihisi adessive croissantillasi croissanteillasi ablative croissantiltasi croissanteiltasi allative croissantillesi croissanteillesi essive croissantinasi croissanteinasi translative croissantiksesi croissanteiksesi abessive croissantittasi croissanteittasi instructive — — comitative — croissanteinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative croissantimme croissantimme accusative nom. croissantimme croissantimme gen. croissantimme genitive croissantimme croissantiemme partitive croissantiamme croissantejamme inessive croissantissamme croissanteissamme elative croissantistamme croissanteistamme illative croissantiimme croissanteihimme adessive croissantillamme croissanteillamme ablative croissantiltamme croissanteiltamme allative croissantillemme croissanteillemme essive croissantinamme croissanteinamme translative croissantiksemme croissanteiksemme abessive croissantittamme croissanteittamme instructive — — comitative — croissanteinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative croissantinne croissantinne accusative nom. croissantinne croissantinne gen. croissantinne genitive croissantinne croissantienne partitive croissantianne croissantejanne inessive croissantissanne croissanteissanne elative croissantistanne croissanteistanne illative croissantiinne croissanteihinne adessive croissantillanne croissanteillanne ablative croissantiltanne croissanteiltanne allative croissantillenne croissanteillenne essive croissantinanne croissanteinanne translative croissantiksenne croissanteiksenne abessive croissantittanne croissanteittanne instructive — — comitative — croissanteinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative croissantinsa croissantinsa accusative nom. croissantinsa croissantinsa gen. croissantinsa genitive croissantinsa croissantiensa partitive croissantiaan croissantiansa croissantejaan croissantejansa inessive croissantissaan croissantissansa croissanteissaan croissanteissansa elative croissantistaan croissantistansa croissanteistaan croissanteistansa illative croissantiinsa croissanteihinsa adessive croissantillaan croissantillansa croissanteillaan croissanteillansa ablative croissantiltaan croissantiltansa croissanteiltaan croissanteiltansa allative croissantilleen croissantillensa croissanteilleen croissanteillensa essive croissantinaan croissantinansa croissanteinaan croissanteinansa translative croissantikseen croissantiksensa croissanteikseen croissanteiksensa abessive croissantittaan croissantittansa croissanteittaan croissanteittansa instructive — — comitative — croissanteineen croissanteinensa

Further reading

• “croissant”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁwa.sɑ̃/

• Audio (France):

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Noun

croissant m (plural croissants)

1. crescent
2. croissant
3. crescent moon

   croissant de lune

4. (heraldry) crescent

Derived terms

• (croissant): croissandwich
• (crescent): Croissant fertile

Descendants

• → English: croissant
• → German: Croissant
• → Italian: croissant
• → Malay: roti bulan sabit (calque)
• → Turkish: kruvasan

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

• “croissant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• castrions

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

• contrassi, sanscrito, scontarsi, scornasti, stranisco, strascino, strascinò, troncassi

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French croissant.

Noun

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

1. a croissant

References

• “croissant” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French croissant.

Noun

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

1. a croissant

References

• "croissant" Lexin

Polish

croissant

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French croissant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krwaˈsã/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔsan
• Syllabification: croi‧ssant

Noun

croissant m animal

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

   Synonym: (regional) rożek

   Hypernym: rogalik

Declension

Declension of croissant

	singular	plural
nominative	croissant	croissanty
genitive	croissanta	croissantów
dative	croissantowi	croissantom
accusative	croissanta	croissanty
instrumental	croissantem	croissantami
locative	croissancie	croissantach
vocative	croissancie	croissanty

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• croassã

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾo.aˈsɐ̃/, /kɾu.aˈsɐ̃/ [kɾʊ.aˈsɐ̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾo.aˈsɐ̃/, /kɾu.aˈsɐ̃/ [kɾʊ.aˈsɐ̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾo.aˈsɐ̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾu.aˈsɐ̃/, (faster pronunciation) /kɾwaˈsɐ̃/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃

Noun

croissant m (plural croissants)

1. (cooking) 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

Unadapted borrowing 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