croissant
Portuguese, noun/kɾo.aˈsɐ̃/
croissant is spelled C-R-O-I-S-S-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,194th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Croissant is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “croissant (a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “alimento salgado feito a base de massa folhada em forma de lua crescente”.
What does croissant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecroissant (a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. alimento salgado feito a base de massa folhada em forma de lua crescente
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of croissant
- croissants plural
- croassã alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce croissant?
- Brazil /kɾo.aˈsɐ̃/
- Brazil /kɾu.aˈsɐ̃/
- Brazil /kɾwaˈsɐ̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to croissant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is croissant in Portuguese?
croissant appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).