different between croissant vs croissantlike

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French croissant (“crescent”), present participle of croître (“to grow”). Doublet of crescent.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k(?)wæs??/, /?k(?)w?s??/, /?k(?)w??s??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k???s?nt/, /k?w??s??/
• (US) IPA^(key): [k????s?nt]
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /k???s?nt/, /k?w??s??/, /kxw??s??(t)/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): [k?????s?nt]
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /k???s?nt/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /k???s?nt/

Noun

croissant (plural croissants)

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

   Synonyms: crescent, crescent roll, kipfel

   Hypernym: viennoiserie

Derived terms

• croissantlike
• croissandwich
• cronut
• cruffin

Translations

Further reading

• croissant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Carsonist, Crisantos, Nicastros, anticross, cast irons

Catalan

Noun

croissant m (plural croissants)

1. croissant

Czech

Noun

croissant m

1. croissant

Further reading

• croissant in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kr??s?nt/, /kr??s?nt/, /kr???s?nt/, [kr???s??], [kr??s??]
• Hyphenation: crois?sant
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

croissant m (plural croissants, diminutive croissantje n)

1. croissant

Derived terms

• chocoladecroissant
• kaascroissant

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kro?s??n/, [?kro??s???n] (approximating the French pronunciation)
• IPA^(key): /?kroi?s??nt/, [?kro?i?s???n?t?] (following Finnish pronunciation rules)

Noun

croissant

1. croissant

Declension

Synonyms

• kroissantti
• voisarvi

French

Etymology

Present participle of the verb croître (“to increase, to grow”). From Old French croisant, from earlier creissant, from Latin cr?sc?ns, cr?scentem, present active participle of cr?sc? (“I augment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?wa.s??/

Noun

croissant m (plural croissants)

1. crescent
2. croissant
3. crescent moon

   croissant de lune

4. (heraldry) crescent

Derived terms

• (croissant): croissandwich

Descendants

• ? English: croissant
• ? German: Croissant
• ? Italian: croissant

Adjective

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

1. increasing, augmenting

Verb

croissant

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

Further reading

• “croissant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• castrions

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krwas?san/

Noun

croissant m (plural croissant or croissants)

1. croissant

   Synonyms: brioche, cornetto

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French croissant

Noun

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

1. a croissant

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French croissant

Noun

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

1. a croissant

References

• "croissant" Lexin

Polish

Etymology

From French croissant, from Old French croisant, from earlier creissant, from Latin cr?sc?ns, cr?scentem, present active participle of cr?sc? (“I augment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [krwasã]

Noun

croissant m inan

1. croissant

Declension

Further reading

• croissant in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• croissant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?k?o.a.?s??/, /k?wa.?s??/

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 form of cruasán

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kr?.a?sa?/

Noun

croissant c

1. croissant

Declension

English

Etymology

croissant +? -like

Adjective

croissantlike (comparative more croissantlike, superlative most croissantlike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a croissant.