croissant
English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French croissant (“crescent”), present participle of croître (“to grow”). Doublet of crescent.
Pronunciation
- enPR: krə-säntʹ, krwa-säɴʹ , krwä-säɴʹ
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈk(ɹ)wæsɒ̃/, /ˈk(ɹ)wʌsɒ̃/, /ˈk(ɹ)wɑːsɒ̃/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /kɹəˈsɑnt/, /k(ɹ)wɑˈsɑ̃/
(file)
- (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)
- A flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent.
- Synonyms: crescent, crescent roll, kipfel
- Hypernym: viennoiserie
Derived terms
Translations
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Anagrams
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /krwas̺an/ [krwa.s̺ãn]
- Rhymes: -as̺an
Declension
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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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.eus
Catalan
Derived terms
- croissanteria
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkroasan]
- IPA(key): [ˈkroasaːn]
- Oblique cases use any of [ˈkroasaːnt-], [ˈkroasaːn-], [ˈkroasant-] or [ˈkroasan-].
Declension
singular | plural | |
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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]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: crois‧sant
- Rhymes: -ɑnt
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)[1]
Declension
Inflection of croissant (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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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. |
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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 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 (FR) (file) Audio (file)
Noun
croissant m (plural croissants)
Derived terms
- (croissant): croissandwich
- (crescent): Croissant fertile
Descendants
Adjective
croissant (feminine croissante, masculine plural croissants, feminine plural croissantes)
Further reading
- “croissant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French croissant, present participle of verb croître (“to grow”). Doublet of crescente.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /krwasˈsan/
- Rhymes: -an
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
croissant m (definite singular croissanten, indefinite plural croissanter, definite plural croissantene)
References
- “croissant” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
croissant m (definite singular croissanten, indefinite plural croissantar, definite plural croissantane)
References
- "croissant" Lexin
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /krwaˈsã/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔsan
- Syllabification: croi‧ssant
Noun
croissant m animal
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | croissant | croissanty |
genitive | croissanta | croissantów |
dative | croissantowi | croissantom |
accusative | croissanta | croissanty |
instrumental | croissantem | croissantami |
locative | croissancie | croissantach |
vocative | croissancie | croissanty |
Portuguese
Alternative forms
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]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kɾo.aˈsɐ̃/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɾu.aˈsɐ̃/, (faster pronunciation) /kɾwaˈsɐ̃/
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃
Noun
croissant m (plural croissants)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɾwaˈsan/ [kɾwaˈsãn]
- Rhymes: -an
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/
Declension
Declension of croissant | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | croissant | croissanten | croissanter | croissanterna |
Genitive | croissants | croissantens | croissanters | croissanternas |