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Croissant

See also: croissant

German

Noun

Croissant n ‎(genitive Croissants or Croissant, plural Croissants)

croissant

croissant

See also: Croissant

English

Noun

croissant ‎(plural croissants)

A flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent.

Synonyms

Translations

a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent

Arabic: كْرُوَاسَان m ‎(kruwāsān)
Hijazi Arabic: كُرْواسون m ‎(kurwāsōn)
Armenian: կրուասան ‎(kruasan)
Azeri: kruassan
Basque: kruasan
Belarusian: круаса́н m ‎(kruasán)
Bulgarian: кроаса́н m ‎(kroasán)
Catalan: croissant m
Chinese:

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

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

Min Nan:
Czech: rohlík (cs) m
Danish: croissant (da)
Dutch: croissant (nl) m
Esperanto: korna bulko, lunarka bulko
Estonian: sarvesai
Finnish: voisarvi (fi), croissant (fi), kroissantti (fi)
French: croissant (fr) m
Georgian: კროასანი ‎(ḳroasani), კრუასანი ‎(ḳruasani)
German: Croissant (de) n, Hörnchen (de) n
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
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)
Korean: 크루아상 (ko) ‎(keuruasang), 크레센트 ‎(keuresenteu), 크레센트 롤빵 ‎(keuresenteu rolppang)
Lao: ຄົວຊ່ອງ ‎(khūa sǭng)
Macedonian: кроаса́н (mk) m ‎(kroasán)
Norman: crouaîssant m
Persian: کرواسان ‎(koroasã)
Polish: croissant (pl) m
Portuguese: croissant (pt) m, croassã (pt) m
Russian: круасса́н (ru) m ‎(kruassán), рога́лик (ru) m ‎(rogálik)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: кроа̀са̄н m

Roman: kroàsān (sh) 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 ‎(krua-sɔng), (misspelling) ครัวซองต์ ‎(krua-sɔɔng)
Turkish: kruvasan (tr), kruasan (tr), ay çöreği
Ukrainian: круаса́н m ‎(kruasán)
Vietnamese: bánh sừng bò, bánh con cua, bánh croa-xăng
Zulu:

Anagrams

anticross

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)

croissant

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

croissant

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
accusative	gen.	croissantin	croissantit
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)

crescent
croissant
crescent moon
croissant de lune
(heraldry) crescent

Adjective

croissant m ‎(feminine singular croissante, masculine plural croissants, feminine plural croissantes)

increasing, augmenting

Verb

croissant

present participle of croître
present participle of croitre

Anagrams

castrions

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /krwasˈsan/

Noun

croissant m ‎(plural invariable or croissants)

croissant

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)

Spanish

Noun

croissant m ‎(plural croissants)

Alternative spelling of cruasán

Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

croissant c

croissant

Declension

Inflection of croissant
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	croissant	croissanten	croissanter	croissanterna
Genitive	croissants	croissantens	croissanters	croissanternas

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Definition 2025

Croissant

Croissant

German

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croissant

croissant

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