croissant

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈk(ɹ)wæsɒ̃/
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• General-American: /kɹəˈsɑnt/
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• General-American: /k(ɹ)wɑˈsɑ̃/
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• Canada: /kɹəˈsɑnt/
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• Canada: /k(ɹ)waˈsɑ̃/
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• Canada: /kwə-/
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• Canada: /kɹə-/
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• New-Zealand: /kɹɘˈsɔnt/
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• Australian: /kɹəˈsɔnt/
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• rhymes with (UK) -æsɒ̃
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• rhymes with (US, Canada) -ɑnt
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• rhymes with -ɑ̃
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• rhymes with (Australia, New Zealand) -ɔnt
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• CMU ARPABET: K W AA2 S AA1 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: K R AH0 S AA1 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh1-sḱéti Latin crēscō Latin crēscentem Old French creissant Old French croisant French croissantubor. English croissant Unadapted borrowing from French croissant (“crescent”), present participle of croître (“to grow”). Doublet of crescent.

100 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: croissant — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Arabic: كْرُوَاسَّان (kruwāssān) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Arabic: كْرُوَاسُّون (kruwāssūn) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Arabic: كْرُواسّون (kruwāssōn) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Arabic: كْرُواسّان (kruwāssān) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Armenian: կրուասան (kruasan) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Asturian: curasán — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Azerbaijani: kruassan — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Basque: kruasan — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Belarusian: круаса́н (kruasán) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Bulgarian: кроаса́н (kroasán) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Catalan: croissant — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Chinese Cantonese: 牛角包 (ngau4 gok3 baau1) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Chinese Cantonese: 牛角酥 (ngau4 gok3 sou1) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Chinese: 牛角麵包 /牛角面包 (gû-kak mī-pau) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Chinese Mandarin: 牛角麵包 /牛角面包 (niújiǎo miànbāo) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Chinese Mandarin: 新月形麵包 /新月形面包 (xīnyuè xíng miànbāo) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Chinese Mandarin: 牛角包 (niújiǎobāo) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Chinese Mandarin: 羊角麵包 /羊角面包 (yángjiǎo miànbāo) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Chinese Mandarin: 可頌 /可颂 (kěsòng) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Chinese Mandarin: 羊角包 (yángjiǎobāo) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Czech: croissant — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Danish: croissant — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Dutch: croissant — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Esperanto: korna bulko — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Esperanto: lunarka bulko — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Estonian: sarvesai — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Finnish: voisarvi — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Finnish: kroissantti — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Finnish: croissant — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• French: croissant — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Georgian: კროასანი (ḳroasani) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Georgian: კრუასანი (ḳruasani) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• German: Croissant — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• German: Hörnchen — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• German: Gipfeli — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• German: Kipfl — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Greek: κρουασάν (krouasán) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Hebrew: קְרוּאָסוֹן (k'ru'asón) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Hebrew: סַהֲרוֹן (saharón) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Hindi: क्रोइसैन (kroisain) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Hungarian: croissant — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Hungarian: kifli — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Indonesian: roti bulan sabit — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Indonesian: roti sabit — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Indonesian: kroisan — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Irish: croissant — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Italian: chiffero — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Italian: chifel — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Italian: chifer — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Italian: cornetto — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Italian: croissant — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Italian: polacca — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Japanese: クロワッサン (kurowassan) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Khmer: នំគ្រ័រសង់ (numkrôrsâng) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Khmer: នំក្រូសង់ (numkrosngô) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Korean: 크루아상 (keuruasang) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Korean: 크레센트 (keuresenteu) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Korean: 크레센트 롤빵 (keuresenteu rolppang) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Lao: ຄົວຊ່ອງ (khūa sǭng) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Macedonian: кроаса́н (kroasán) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Malay: roti bulan sabit — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Malay: roti tanduk — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Māori: parāoa kape — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Norman: crouaîssant — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Norwegian Bokmål: croissant — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Norwegian Nynorsk: croissant — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Persian: کرواسان (koroasã) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Polish: croissant — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Polish: rogalik — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Portuguese: croissant — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Portuguese: croassã — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Romanian: croasant — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Russian: круасса́н (kruassán) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Russian: рога́лик (rogálik) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Serbo-Croatian: кроа̀са̄н — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Serbo-Croatian: kroàsān — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Sicilian: chìffili — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Slovak: rožok — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Spanish: croissant — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Spanish: cruasán — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Spanish: cuerno — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Spanish: cangrejo — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Spanish: cacho — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Spanish: medialuna — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Spanish: cachito — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Swedish: giffel — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Swedish: croissant — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Thai: ครัวซ็อง (kruua-sɔng) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Turkish: kruvasan — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Turkish: kruasan — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Turkish: ay çöreği — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Ukrainian: круаса́н (kruasán) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Urdu: کروسنٹ (krosanṭ) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Vietnamese: bánh sừng bò — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Vietnamese: bánh con cua — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Vietnamese: bánh croa-xăng — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Yiddish: קרואַסאַן (kruasan) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Yiddish: קיפּל (kipl) — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
• Zulu: i-croissant — a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent