Meanings
nouncroissant (plural croissants)
plural croissants · alternative Internet pronunciation spelling quaso
- A flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent.
By my side was the empty bowl in which the concierge had brought me my café au lait and the fragment of croissant which I had not had appetite enough to eat. I heard the concierge in the next room emptying my bath.
1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter XXXIV, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC, page 175Synonyms: crescent, crescent roll
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nounA flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱer-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱreh₁-sḱéti
- Latincrēscō
- Latincrēscentem
- Old Frenchcreissant
- Old Frenchcroisant
- Frenchcroissant
- Englishcroissant
Unadapted borrowing from French croissant (“crescent”), present participle of croître (“to grow”). Doublet of crescent.
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Afrikaans croissant
- croissanta flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Arabic كْرُوَاسَّان, كْرُوَاسُّون
- كْرُوَاسَّان (kruwāssān)a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- كْرُوَاسُّون (kruwāssūn)a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Basque kruasan
- kruasana flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Bulgarian кроаса́н
- кроаса́н (kroasán)a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Catalan croissant
- croissanta flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Chinese Cantonese 牛角包, 牛角酥
- 牛角包 (ngau⁴ gok³ baau¹)a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- 牛角酥 (ngau⁴ gok³ sou¹)a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Chinese Mandarin 牛角麵包 /牛角面包, 新月形麵包 /新月形面包
- 牛角麵包 /牛角面包 (niújiǎo miànbāo)a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- 新月形麵包 /新月形面包 (xīnyuè xíng miànbāo)a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- 牛角包 (niújiǎobāo)a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- 羊角麵包 /羊角面包 (yángjiǎo miànbāo)a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- 可頌 /可颂 (kěsòng)a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- 羊角包 (yángjiǎobāo)a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Czech croissant
- croissanta flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Danish croissant
- croissanta flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Dutch croissant
- croissanta flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Esperanto korna bulko, lunarka bulko
- korna bulkoa flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- lunarka bulkoa flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Estonian sarvesai
- sarvesaia flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Finnish voisarvi, kroissantti
- voisarvia flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- kroissanttia flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- croissanta flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
French croissant
- croissanta flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
German Croissant, Hörnchen
- Croissanta flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- Hörnchena flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- Gipfelia flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- Kipfla flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Greek κρουασάν
- κρουασάν (krouasán)a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Hebrew קְרוּאָסוֹן, סַהֲרוֹן
- קְרוּאָסוֹן (k'ru'asón)a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- סַהֲרוֹן (saharón)a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Hindi क्रोइसैन
- क्रोइसैन (kroisain)a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Hungarian croissant, kifli
- croissanta flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- kiflia flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Indonesian roti bulan sabit, roti sabit
- roti bulan sabita flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- roti sabita flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- kroisana flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Irish croissant
- croissanta flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Italian chiffero, chifel
- chifferoa flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- chifela flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- chifera flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- cornettoa flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- croissanta flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- polaccaa flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Japanese クロワッサン
- クロワッサン (kurowassan)a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Korean 크루아상, 크레센트
- 크루아상 (keuruasang)a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- 크레센트 (keuresenteu)a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- 크레센트 롤빵 (keuresenteu rolppang)a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Malay roti bulan sabit, roti tanduk
- roti bulan sabita flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- roti tanduka flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Māori parāoa kape
- parāoa kapea flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Norwegian Bokmål croissant
- croissanta flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Persian کرواسان
- کرواسان (koroasã)a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Polish croissant, rogalik
- croissanta flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- rogalika flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Portuguese croissant, croassã
- croissanta flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- croassãa flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Romanian croasant
- croasanta flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Russian круасса́н, рога́лик
- круасса́н (kruassán)a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- рога́лик (rogálik)a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Slovak rožok
- rožoka flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Spanish croissant, cruasán
- croissanta flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- cruasána flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- cuernoa flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- cangrejoa flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- cachoa flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- medialunaa flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- cachitoa flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Swedish giffel, croissant
- giffela flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- croissanta flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Thai ครัวซ็อง
- ครัวซ็อง (kruua-sɔng)a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Turkish kruvasan, kruasan
- kruvasana flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- kruasana flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- ay çöreğia flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Ukrainian круаса́н
- круаса́н (kruasán)a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Urdu کروسنٹ
- کروسنٹ (krosanṭ)a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Vietnamese bánh sừng bò, bánh con cua
- bánh sừng bòa flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- bánh con cuaa flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- bánh croa-xănga flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Yiddish קרואַסאַן, קיפּל
- קרואַסאַן (kruasan)a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
- קיפּל (kipl)a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
Zulu i-croissant
- i-croissanta flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent
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APA
croissant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/croissant
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“croissant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/croissant. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “croissant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/croissant.
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