see|Croissant
English
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Etymology
From French #French|croissant �crescent�, from Middle French creissant.

Pronunciation
IPA|/kɹw��s�nt/ (Canadian)
IPA|/�kwæs��/, /�kɹwæs��/ (UK)
IPA|/kɻ��s�nt/
Audio|en-ca-croissant.ogg|Audio (CA)
audio|en-us-croissant.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

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

Translations

Chinese: ����, ��形�� (xīnyuè xíng miànb�o)
Croatian: t-|hr|kroasan|m
Czech: rohlík m
Dutch: t+|nl|croissant|m
Finnish: voisarvi
French: t+|fr|croissant|m
German: t-|de|Croissant|n, t-|de|Hörnchen|n
Hungarian: t+|hu|kifli
Italian: t-|it|brioche|f, t+|it|cornetto|m
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Japanese ������ (kurowassan)
Korean: �르�� (keureuwasang)
Portuguese: t-|pt|croissant|m
Russian: к��а��ан (kruassán) m
Slovak: rožok m
Spanish: media luna f, croissant m, cruasán m, cuerno m, cangrejo m italbrac|Costa Rica
Swedish: giffel c, croissant c

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French

Pronunciation
IPA|/k�was��/
Audio|Fr-croissant2.ogg|Audio (FR)

Noun
fr-noun|m

1. crescent
2. #English|croissant
3. crescent moon (croissant de lune).

Verb form
croissant

1. present participle of|croître|lang=French

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• 2007-11-27 17:15 - Tbot - updated t/t-/t+ templates, added t for nl, fr, de, hu, it, pt

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