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Croissant

Croissant

See also: croissant

German

Noun

Croissant n (genitive Croissants or Croissant, plural Croissants)

  1. croissant

See also

croissant

croissant

See also: Croissant

English

Noun

croissant (plural croissants)

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

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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)

  1. 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

  1. 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
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)

  1. crescent
  2. croissant
  3. crescent moon
    croissant de lune
  4. (heraldry) crescent

Adjective

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

  1. increasing, augmenting

Verb

croissant

  1. present participle of croître
  2. present participle of croitre

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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krwasˈsan/

Noun

croissant m (plural invariable or croissants)

  1. 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)

  1. croissant (a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent)

Spanish

Noun

croissant m (plural croissants)

  1. Alternative spelling of cruasán

Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

croissant c

  1. croissant

Declension

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