croissant
Americannoun
plural
croissantsnoun
Etymology
Origin of croissant
1895–1900; < French: literally, crescent
Explanation
A croissant is a buttery, crescent-shaped French pastry. Good croissants are light, flaky, and delicately sweet. Enjoy one with a cup of coffee — preferably while sitting in a charming Parisian cafe. The croissant gets its name from its shape: in French, the word means "crescent" or "crescent of the moon." The Austrian pastry known as a Kipferl is the croissant's ancestor—in the 1830s, an Austrian opened a Viennese bakery in Paris, which became extremely popular and inspired French versions of the Kipferi, eventually named the croissant.
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Example Sentences
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He is the mastermind of the internet-breaking Pasta Bag and has now created The Croissant Handbag in partnership with Lidl.
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2024
There's also the Baked Apple Croissant, which Starbucks said is "made with layers of croissant dough wrapped around a warm apple filling, topped with sugar and baked to a golden finish."
From Salon • Aug. 24, 2023
And several bakeries, like La Boulangerie and Croissant D’or, serve galettes des rois.
From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2022
International Red Croissant: Airlifting much-needed French pastries into disaster zones.
From Washington Post • Nov. 25, 2020
She’s told him about the Almond Croissant Crisis at Essential Baking Company last weekend, and how Mrs. Chen fled from Sunnyside Eldercare and they had to call the police.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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