croissant

«croissant» in Mova's school dictionary: A soft, flaky, buttery bread roll shaped like a crescent… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a croissant, croissants)

meaning for a pupil

A soft, flaky, buttery bread roll shaped like a crescent (a curved moon), first made famous in France and eaten for breakfast. In French, croissant also means crescent or growing. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life it is a breakfast food in cafés and bakeries. In French lessons, it is one of the first French food words children learn, with pain au chocolat and baguette. Phrases: a warm croissant, ham and cheese croissant.

examples

• I had a warm croissant with jam for breakfast. tree →
• The croissant was so flaky it left crumbs everywhere. tree →
• In Paris we bought croissants from a bakery. tree →
• Croissants are made with lots of butter. tree →
• Can I have a chocolate croissant, please? tree →
• Croissant means crescent in French because of its shape. tree →

note

Countable. A French word used in English. English speakers often say KWAH-son or kruh-SONT; in French it is said kwa-SAHN with a nasal sound.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «croissant» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.