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Croissant
Croissant
croissant
croissant
English
Noun
croissant (plural croissants)
Synonyms
Translations
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Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowing from French croissant, present participle of verb croître (“to grow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /krɑˈsɑnt/, [krʋɑˈsɑ̃], [krɑˈsɑ̃]
Noun
croissant m (plural croissants, diminutive croissantje n)
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowing from French croissant, present participle of verb croître (“to grow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkruɑsɑː/ (approximating the French pronunciation)
- IPA(key): /ˈkro̞isːɑn̪t̪/ (following Finnish pronunciation rules)
Noun
croissant
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 | |
instructive | — | croissantein | |
abessive | croissantitta | croissanteitta | |
comitative | — | croissanteineen |
Synonyms
French
Etymology
Present participle of the verb croître (“to increase, to grow”). Ultimately from Latin crēscēns, present active participle of crēscō (“I augment”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁwasɑ̃/
Noun
croissant m (plural croissants)
Adjective
croissant m (feminine singular croissante, masculine plural croissants, feminine plural croissantes)
Verb
croissant
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
Borrowing from French croissant, present participle of verb croître (“to grow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /krwasˈsan/
Noun
croissant m (plural invariable or croissants)
Synonyms
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowing from French croissant, present participle of verb croître (“to grow”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌkɾo.a.ˈsɐ̃/, /kɾwa.ˈsɐ̃/
Noun
croissant m (plural croissants)
- croissant (a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent)
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowing from French croissant, present participle of verb croître (“to grow”).
Noun
croissant c
Declension
Inflection of croissant | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | croissant | croissanten | croissanter | croissanterna |
Genitive | croissants | croissantens | croissanters | croissanternas |