Croissant in French

Definition

Definition in EnglishA flaky pastry made by folding butter into layers of dough and rolling it, often into a crescent shape.

Definition in FrenchViennoiserie feuilletée au beurre, souvent roulée en forme de croissant.

Example sentences

• J’avais gardé un croissant pour le train, mais je l’ai mangé avant de partir.🔊

  I'd saved a croissant for the train, but I ate it before we left.

• Ces croissants datent de ce matin ou ils viennent juste d’être réchauffés ?🔊

  Are these croissants from this morning, or have they just been warmed up?

Related words

croissant in other languages

• What croissant means
• In Portuguese
• In Japanese