קרואַסאַן

Yiddish

Etymology

Ultimately from French croissant, via Russian круасса́н (kruassán), Ukrainian круаса́н (kruasán).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /krʊaˈsan/

Noun

קרואַסאַן • (kruasan) m, plural קרואַסאַנען (kruasanen)

croissant
Synonym: קיפּל (kipl)

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

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