# 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: /ˈk(ɹ)wæsɒ̃/, /ˈk(ɹ)wʌsɒ̃/, /ˈk(ɹ)wɑːsɒ̃/
** Audio (UK):(file)
* (US) IPA: /kɹəˈsɑnt/, /k(ɹ)wɑˈsɑ̃/
** Audio:(file)
* (Canada) IPA: /kɹəˈsɑnt/, /k(ɹ)waˈsɑ̃/, /kwə-/, /kɹə-/
** Audio:(file)
* (New Zealand) IPA: /kɹɘˈsɔnt/
* (General Australian) IPA: /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
    Hypernym: viennoiserie
    Hyponyms: kipfel, rogalik

#### Derived terms

* cragel
* croffle
* croissandwich
* croissantlike
* cronut
* crookie
* cruffin
* doissant

#### Translations
### Further reading

* croissant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Carsonist, Crisantos, Nicastros, anticross, cast irons

## Basque
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French croissant.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /krwas̺an/ [krwa.s̺ãn]
* Rhymes: -as̺an, -an

### Noun

croissant inan
* croissant

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “croissant”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

## Catalan
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French croissant

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [kɾu.əˈsan]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kɾu.aˈsan]

### Noun

croissant m (plural croissants)
* croissant

#### Derived terms

* croissanteria

## Czech
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French croissant

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkroasan]
* IPA: [ˈkroasaːn]
* Oblique cases use any of [ˈkroasaːnt-], [ˈkroasaːn-], [ˈkroasant-] or [ˈkroasan-].

### Noun

croissant m inan
* croissant

#### Declension
### 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: /krɑˈsɑnt/, /krɔˈsɑnt/, /krʋɑˈsɑnt/, [krʋɑˈsɑ̃], [krɑˈsɑ̃]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: crois‧sant
* Rhymes: -ɑnt

### Noun

croissant m (plural croissants, diminutive croissantje n)
* croissant

#### Derived terms

* chocoladecroissant
* kaascroissant

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: kroisan

## Finnish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kruaˈsã/ (approximating the French pronunciation more or less closely)
* IPA: /ˈkroɑsɑːn/, [ˈkro̞ɑ̝s̠ɑ̝ːn] (approximating the French pronunciation more or less closely)
* IPA: /ˈkroi̯sːɑnt/, [ˈkro̞i̯s̠ːɑ̝n̪t̪] (following Finnish pronunciation rules)

### Noun

croissant
* Synonym of voisarvi

#### Declension

Possessive forms of croissant (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
croissantini
croissantini
accusative
nom.
croissantini
croissantini
gen.
croissantini
genitive
croissantini
croissantieni
partitive
croissantiani
croissantejani
inessive
croissantissani
croissanteissani
elative
croissantistani
croissanteistani
illative
croissantiini
croissanteihini
adessive
croissantillani
croissanteillani
ablative
croissantiltani
croissanteiltani
allative
croissantilleni
croissanteilleni
essive
croissantinani
croissanteinani
translative
croissantikseni
croissanteikseni
abessive
croissantittani
croissanteittani
instructive
comitative
—croissanteineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
croissantisi
croissantisi
accusative
nom.
croissantisi
croissantisi
gen.
croissantisi
genitive
croissantisi
croissantiesi
partitive
croissantiasi
croissantejasi
inessive
croissantissasi
croissanteissasi
elative
croissantistasi
croissanteistasi
illative
croissantiisi
croissanteihisi
adessive
croissantillasi
croissanteillasi
ablative
croissantiltasi
croissanteiltasi
allative
croissantillesi
croissanteillesi
essive
croissantinasi
croissanteinasi
translative
croissantiksesi
croissanteiksesi
abessive
croissantittasi
croissanteittasi
instructive
comitative
—croissanteinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
croissantimme
croissantimme
accusative
nom.
croissantimme
croissantimme
gen.
croissantimme
genitive
croissantimme
croissantiemme
partitive
croissantiamme
croissantejamme
inessive
croissantissamme
croissanteissamme
elative
croissantistamme
croissanteistamme
illative
croissantiimme
croissanteihimme
adessive
croissantillamme
croissanteillamme
ablative
croissantiltamme
croissanteiltamme
allative
croissantillemme
croissanteillemme
essive
croissantinamme
croissanteinamme
translative
croissantiksemme
croissanteiksemme
abessive
croissantittamme
croissanteittamme
instructive
comitative
—croissanteinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
croissantinne
croissantinne
accusative
nom.
croissantinne
croissantinne
gen.
croissantinne
genitive
croissantinne
croissantienne
partitive
croissantianne
croissantejanne
inessive
croissantissanne
croissanteissanne
elative
croissantistanne
croissanteistanne
illative
croissantiinne
croissanteihinne
adessive
croissantillanne
croissanteillanne
ablative
croissantiltanne
croissanteiltanne
allative
croissantillenne
croissanteillenne
essive
croissantinanne
croissanteinanne
translative
croissantiksenne
croissanteiksenne
abessive
croissantittanne
croissanteittanne
instructive
comitative
—croissanteinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
croissantinsa
croissantinsa
accusative
nom.
croissantinsa
croissantinsa
gen.
croissantinsa
genitive
croissantinsa
croissantiensa
partitive
croissantiaan croissantiansa
croissantejaan croissantejansa
inessive
croissantissaan croissantissansa
croissanteissaan croissanteissansa
elative
croissantistaan croissantistansa
croissanteistaan croissanteistansa
illative
croissantiinsa
croissanteihinsa
adessive
croissantillaan croissantillansa
croissanteillaan croissanteillansa
ablative
croissantiltaan croissantiltansa
croissanteiltaan croissanteiltansa
allative
croissantilleen croissantillensa
croissanteilleen croissanteillensa
essive
croissantinaan croissantinansa
croissanteinaan croissanteinansa
translative
croissantikseen croissantiksensa
croissanteikseen croissanteiksensa
abessive
croissantittaan croissantittansa
croissanteittaan croissanteittansa
instructive
comitative
—croissanteineen croissanteinensa :

### 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: /kʁwa.sɑ̃/
* Audio (France):(file)
* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Canada):(file)

### Noun

croissant m (plural croissants)
* crescent
* croissant
* crescent moon
    croissant de lune
* (heraldry) crescent

#### Derived terms

* (croissant): croissandwich
* (crescent): Croissant fertile

#### Descendants

* → English: croissant
* → German: Croissant
* → Italian: croissant
* → Korean: 크라상 (keurasang)
* → Malay: roti bulan sabit (calque)
* → Turkish: kruvasan
* → Spanish: cruasán
* → Asturian: curasán
* → Catalan: croissant
* → Portuguese: croassã

### Adjective

croissant (feminine croissante, masculine plural croissants, feminine plural croissantes)
* increasing, augmenting

### Participle

croissant
* present participle of croître
* present participle of croitre

### Further reading

* “croissant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* castrions

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French croissant, present participle of verb croître (“to grow”). Doublet of crescente.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /krwasˈsan/
* Rhymes: -an

### Noun

croissant m (usually invariable, plural croissants)
* croissant
    Synonyms: brioche, cornetto

### Anagrams

* contrassi, sanscrito, scontarsi, scornasti, stranisco, strascino, strascinò, troncassi

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French croissant.

### Noun

croissant m (definite singular croissanten, indefinite plural croissanter, definite plural croissantene)
* a croissant

### References

* “croissant” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French croissant.

### Noun

croissant m (definite singular croissanten, indefinite plural croissantar, definite plural croissantane)
* a croissant

### References

* "croissant" Lexin

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French croissant.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [krwaˈsã]
* Audio:(file)
* Syllabification: croi‧ssant

### Noun

croissant m animal
* croissant (flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent)
    Synonym: (regional) rożek
    Hypernym: rogalik

#### Declension
### Further reading

* croissant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* croissant in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* croissant in PWN's encyclopedia

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* croassã

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French croissant, present participle of verb croître (“to grow”). Doublet of crescente.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kɾo.aˈsɐ̃/, /kɾu.aˈsɐ̃/ [kɾʊ.aˈsɐ̃]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kɾo.aˈsɐ̃/, /kɾu.aˈsɐ̃/ [kɾʊ.aˈsɐ̃]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kɾo.aˈsɐ̃/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɾu.aˈsɐ̃/, (faster pronunciation) /kɾwaˈsɐ̃/
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃

### Noun

croissant m (plural croissants)
* (cooking) croissant (a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French croissant.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɾwaˈsan/ [kɾwaˈsãn]
* Rhymes: -an

### Noun

croissant m (plural croissants)
* Alternative form of cruasán

#### 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: /krʊ.aˈsaŋ/

### Noun

croissant c
* croissant

#### Synonyms

* (dated) giffel