croissant
English

Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from FrenchCategory:English terms borrowed from French#CROISSANTCategory:English unadapted borrowings from French#CROISSANTCategory:English terms derived from French#CROISSANT croissant (“crescent”), present participle of croître (“to grow”). Doublet of crescentCategory:English doublets#CROISSANT.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈk(ɹ)wæsɒ̃/Category:English 2-syllable words#CROISSANTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CROISSANT
- (US) IPA(key): /kɹəˈsɑnt/, /k(ɹ)wɑˈsɑ̃/Category:English 2-syllable words#CROISSANTCategory:English 2-syllable words#CROISSANTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CROISSANT
- (Canada) IPA(key): /kɹəˈsɑnt/, /k(ɹ)waˈsɑ̃/, /kwə-/, /kɹə-/Category:English 2-syllable words#CROISSANTCategory:English 2-syllable words#CROISSANTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CROISSANT
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /kɹɘˈsɔnt/Category:English 2-syllable words#CROISSANTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CROISSANT
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /kɹəˈsɔnt/Category:English 2-syllable words#CROISSANTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CROISSANT
- Rhymes: (UK) -æsɒ̃, (US, Canada) -ɑnt, -ɑ̃, (Australia, New Zealand) -ɔntCategory:Rhymes:English/æsɒ̃#CROISSANTCategory:Rhymes:English/æsɒ̃/2 syllables#CROISSANTCategory:Rhymes:English/ɑnt#CROISSANTCategory:Rhymes:English/ɑnt/2 syllables#CROISSANTCategory:Rhymes:English/ɑ̃#CROISSANTCategory:Rhymes:English/ɑ̃/2 syllables#CROISSANTCategory:Rhymes:English/ɔnt#CROISSANTCategory:Rhymes:English/ɔnt/2 syllables#CROISSANT
- Hyphenation: crois‧sant
Noun
croissant (plural croissants)Category:English lemmas#CROISSANTCategory:English nouns#CROISSANTCategory:English countable nouns#CROISSANTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with entries#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with 14 entries#CROISSANT
- A flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent.
- Synonyms: crescent, crescent roll
- Hypernym: viennoiserie
- Hyponyms: kipfel, rogalik
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
Anagrams
Category:en:Cakes and pastries#CROISSANTBasque
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from FrenchCategory:Basque terms borrowed from French#CROISSANTCategory:Basque unadapted borrowings from French#CROISSANTCategory:Basque terms derived from French#CROISSANT croissant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /krwas̺an/ [krwa.s̺ãn]Category:Basque 2-syllable words#CROISSANTCategory:Basque terms with IPA pronunciation#CROISSANT
- Rhymes: -as̺an, -anCategory:Rhymes:Basque/as̺an#CROISSANTCategory:Rhymes:Basque/as̺an/2 syllables#CROISSANTCategory:Rhymes:Basque/an#CROISSANTCategory:Rhymes:Basque/an/2 syllables#CROISSANT
Noun
croissant inanCategory:Basque lemmas#CROISSANTCategory:Basque nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Basque terms spelled with C#CROISSANTCategory:Basque entries with incorrect language header#CROISSANTCategory:Basque inanimate nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with entries#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with 14 entries#CROISSANT
Declension
1. Optionally, case suffixes can be separated from the root with a hyphen.
Further reading
- “croissant”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
Catalan
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from FrenchCategory:Catalan terms borrowed from French#CROISSANTCategory:Catalan unadapted borrowings from French#CROISSANTCategory:Catalan terms derived from French#CROISSANT croissant.
Pronunciation
Noun
croissant m (plural croissants)Category:Catalan lemmas#CROISSANTCategory:Catalan nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Catalan countable nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#CROISSANTCategory:Catalan masculine nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with entries#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with 14 entries#CROISSANT
Derived terms
Czech
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from FrenchCategory:Czech terms borrowed from French#CROISSANTCategory:Czech unadapted borrowings from French#CROISSANTCategory:Czech terms derived from French#CROISSANT croissant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkroasan]Category:Czech terms with IPA pronunciation#CROISSANT
- IPA(key): [ˈkroasaːn]Category:Czech terms with IPA pronunciation#CROISSANT
- Oblique cases use any of [ˈkroasaːnt-], [ˈkroasaːn-], [ˈkroasant-] or [ˈkroasan-].
Noun
croissant m inanCategory:Czech lemmas#CROISSANTCategory:Czech nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Czech entries with incorrect language header#CROISSANTCategory:Czech masculine nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Czech inanimate nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with entries#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with 14 entries#CROISSANT
Declension
| 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 at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995
Dutch
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from FrenchCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from French#CROISSANTCategory:Dutch unadapted borrowings from French#CROISSANTCategory:Dutch terms derived from French#CROISSANT croissant, present participle of verb croître (“to grow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /krɑˈsɑnt/, /krɔˈsɑnt/, /krʋɑˈsɑnt/, [krʋɑˈsɑ̃], [krɑˈsɑ̃]Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#CROISSANT
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#CROISSANTAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: crois‧sant
- Rhymes: -ɑntCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ɑnt#CROISSANT
Noun
croissant m (plural croissants, diminutive croissantje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#CROISSANTCategory:Dutch nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#CROISSANTCategory:Dutch nouns with red links in their headword lines#CROISSANTCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#CROISSANTCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with entries#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with 14 entries#CROISSANT
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Indonesian: kroisan
Finnish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from FrenchCategory:Finnish terms borrowed from French#CROISSANTCategory:Finnish unadapted borrowings from French#CROISSANTCategory:Finnish terms derived from French#CROISSANT croissant, present participle of verb croître (“to grow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kruaˈsã/Category:Finnish 3-syllable words#CROISSANTCategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#CROISSANT (approximating the French pronunciation more or less closely)
- IPA(key): /ˈkroɑsɑːn/, [ˈkro̞ɑ̝s̠ɑ̝ːn]Category:Finnish 3-syllable words#CROISSANTCategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#CROISSANT (approximating the French pronunciation more or less closely)
- IPA(key): /ˈkroi̯sːɑnt/, [ˈkro̞i̯s̠ːɑ̝n̪t̪]Category:Finnish 2-syllable words#CROISSANTCategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#CROISSANT (following Finnish pronunciation rules)Category:fi-pronunciation missing automatic hyphenation#CROISSANT[1]
Noun
croissantCategory:Finnish lemmas#CROISSANTCategory:Finnish nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Finnish terms spelled with C#CROISSANTCategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with entries#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with 14 entries#CROISSANT
- 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. | ||
References
- ↑ "croissant" in the Kielitoimiston sanakirja
Further reading
- “croissant”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
French
Etymology
Present participle of the verb croître (“to increase, to grow”). From Old FrenchCategory:French terms inherited from Old French#CROISSANTCategory:French terms derived from Old French#CROISSANT croisant, from earlier creissant, from LatinCategory:French terms inherited from Latin#CROISSANTCategory:French terms derived from Latin#CROISSANT crēscentem, present active participle of crēscō (“to augment”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁwa.sɑ̃/Category:French 2-syllable words#CROISSANTCategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#CROISSANT
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CROISSANTAudio (France): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CROISSANTAudio (France (Toulouse)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CROISSANTAudio (Canada): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CROISSANTAudio (France (Paris)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CROISSANTAudio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CROISSANTAudio (France): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CROISSANTAudio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CROISSANTAudio (France (Lyon)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CROISSANTAudio (Canada (Shawinigan)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CROISSANTAudio (Canada (Shawinigan)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CROISSANTAudio (France (Agen)): (file)
Noun
croissant m (plural croissants)Category:French lemmas#CROISSANTCategory:French nouns#CROISSANTCategory:French countable nouns#CROISSANTCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#CROISSANTCategory:French masculine nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with entries#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with 14 entries#CROISSANT
- crescent
- croissant
- crescent moon
- croissant de lune
- (heraldryCategory:fr:Heraldic charges#CROISSANT) crescent
Derived terms
- (croissant): croissandwich
- (crescent): Croissant fertile
Descendants
Adjective
croissant (feminine croissante, masculine plural croissants, feminine plural croissantes)Category:French lemmas#CROISSANTCategory:French adjectives#CROISSANTCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with entries#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with 14 entries#CROISSANT
Participle
croissantCategory:French non-lemma forms#CROISSANTCategory:French present participles#CROISSANTCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with entries#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with 14 entries#CROISSANT
Further reading
- “croissant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Anagrams
Category:fr:Cakes and pastries#CROISSANTCategory:fr:Moon#CROISSANT Category:French adjectivized present participles#CROISSANTItalian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from FrenchCategory:Italian terms borrowed from French#CROISSANTCategory:Italian unadapted borrowings from French#CROISSANTCategory:Italian terms derived from French#CROISSANT croissant, present participle of verb croître (“to grow”). Doublet of crescenteCategory:Italian doublets#CROISSANT.
Pronunciation
Noun

croissant m (usually invariable, plural croissants)Category:Italian lemmas#CROISSANTCategory:Italian nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Italian countable nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Italian nouns with multiple plurals#CROISSANTCategory:Italian indeclinable nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#CROISSANTCategory:Italian masculine nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with entries#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with 14 entries#CROISSANT
Anagrams
Category:it:Cakes and pastries#CROISSANTNorwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from FrenchCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms borrowed from French#CROISSANTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål unadapted borrowings from French#CROISSANTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from French#CROISSANT croissant.
Noun
croissant m (definite singular croissanten, indefinite plural croissanter, definite plural croissantene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#CROISSANTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms spelled with C#CROISSANTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#CROISSANTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with entries#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with 14 entries#CROISSANT
References
- “croissant” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from FrenchCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from French#CROISSANTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk unadapted borrowings from French#CROISSANTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from French#CROISSANT croissant.
Noun
croissant m (definite singular croissanten, indefinite plural croissantar, definite plural croissantane)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#CROISSANTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms spelled with C#CROISSANTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#CROISSANTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with entries#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with 14 entries#CROISSANT
References
- "croissant" Lexin
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from FrenchCategory:Polish terms borrowed from French#CROISSANTCategory:Polish unadapted borrowings from French#CROISSANTCategory:Polish terms derived from French#CROISSANT croissant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [krwaˈsã]Category:Polish terms with IPA pronunciation#CROISSANT
Category:Polish terms with audio pronunciation#CROISSANTAudio: (file) - Syllabification: croi‧ssant
Noun
croissant m animalCategory:Polish lemmas#CROISSANTCategory:Polish nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#CROISSANTCategory:Polish masculine nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Polish animal nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with entries#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with 14 entries#CROISSANT
- croissant (flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | croissantCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#CROISSANTCategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#CROISSANT | croissantyCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#CROISSANTCategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#CROISSANTCategory:Polish links with manual fragments#CROISSANT |
| genitive | croissantaCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#CROISSANTCategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#CROISSANTCategory:Polish links with manual fragments#CROISSANT | croissantówCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#CROISSANTCategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#CROISSANTCategory:Polish links with manual fragments#CROISSANT |
| dative | croissantowiCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#CROISSANTCategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#CROISSANTCategory:Polish links with manual fragments#CROISSANT | croissantomCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#CROISSANTCategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#CROISSANTCategory:Polish links with manual fragments#CROISSANT |
| accusative | croissantaCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#CROISSANTCategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#CROISSANTCategory:Polish links with manual fragments#CROISSANT | croissantyCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#CROISSANTCategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#CROISSANTCategory:Polish links with manual fragments#CROISSANT |
| instrumental | croissantemCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#CROISSANTCategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#CROISSANTCategory:Polish links with manual fragments#CROISSANT | croissantamiCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#CROISSANTCategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#CROISSANTCategory:Polish links with manual fragments#CROISSANT |
| locative | croissancieCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#CROISSANTCategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#CROISSANTCategory:Polish links with manual fragments#CROISSANT | croissantachCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#CROISSANTCategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#CROISSANTCategory:Polish links with manual fragments#CROISSANT |
| vocative | croissancieCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#CROISSANTCategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#CROISSANTCategory:Polish links with manual fragments#CROISSANT | croissantyCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#CROISSANTCategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#CROISSANTCategory:Polish links with manual fragments#CROISSANT |
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
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from FrenchCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from French#CROISSANTCategory:Portuguese unadapted borrowings from French#CROISSANTCategory:Portuguese terms derived from French#CROISSANT croissant, present participle of verb croître (“to grow”). Doublet of crescenteCategory:Portuguese doublets#CROISSANT.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kɾo.aˈsɐ̃/, /kɾu.aˈsɐ̃/ [kɾʊ.aˈsɐ̃], (faster pronunciation) /kɾwaˈsɐ̃/Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#CROISSANTCategory:Portuguese 3-syllable words#CROISSANTCategory:Portuguese 2-syllable words#CROISSANTCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#CROISSANT
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɾu.aˈsɐ̃/, (faster pronunciation) /kɾwaˈsɐ̃/Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#CROISSANTCategory:Portuguese 2-syllable words#CROISSANTCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#CROISSANT
Noun
croissant m (plural croissants)Category:Portuguese lemmas#CROISSANTCategory:Portuguese nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Portuguese countable nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#CROISSANTCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with entries#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with 14 entries#CROISSANT
- (cookingCategory:pt:Cooking#CROISSANT) croissant (a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent)
Further reading
- “croissant”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “croissant”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from FrenchCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from French#CROISSANTCategory:Spanish unadapted borrowings from French#CROISSANTCategory:Spanish terms derived from French#CROISSANT croissant.
Pronunciation
Noun
croissant m (plural croissants)Category:Spanish lemmas#CROISSANTCategory:Spanish nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Spanish countable nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#CROISSANTCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with entries#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with 14 entries#CROISSANT
- 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 FrenchCategory:Swedish terms borrowed from French#CROISSANTCategory:Swedish unadapted borrowings from French#CROISSANTCategory:Swedish terms derived from French#CROISSANT croissant, present participle of verb croître (“to grow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /krʊ.aˈsaŋ/Category:Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation#CROISSANT
Category:Swedish terms with audio pronunciation#CROISSANTAudio (Kronoberg): (file)
Noun
croissant cCategory:Swedish lemmas#CROISSANTCategory:Swedish nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#CROISSANTCategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with entries#CROISSANTCategory:Pages with 14 entries#CROISSANT
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | croissant | croissants |
| definite | croissanten | croissantens | |
| plural | indefinite | croissanter | croissanters |
| definite | croissanterna | croissanternas |
Synonyms
- (dated) giffel
