"croissant" meaning in French

See croissant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kʁwa.sɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-croissant2.ogg [France], LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-croissant.wav Forms: croissante [feminine], croissants [masculine, plural], croissantes [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Present participle of the verb croître (“to increase, to grow”). From Old French croisant, from earlier creissant, from Latin crēscentem, present active participle of crēscō (“to augment”). Etymology templates: {{m|fr|croître||to increase, to grow}} croître (“to increase, to grow”), {{inh|fr|fro|croisant}} Old French croisant, {{m|fro|creissant}} creissant, {{inh|fr|la|crēscēns|crēscentem}} Latin crēscentem, {{m|la|crēscō||to augment}} crēscō (“to augment”) Head templates: {{fr-adj}} croissant (feminine croissante, masculine plural croissants, feminine plural croissantes)
  1. increasing, augmenting
    Sense id: en-croissant-fr-adj-3BzVYiIE

Noun

IPA: /kʁwa.sɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-croissant2.ogg [France], LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-croissant.wav Forms: croissants [plural]
Etymology: Present participle of the verb croître (“to increase, to grow”). From Old French croisant, from earlier creissant, from Latin crēscentem, present active participle of crēscō (“to augment”). Etymology templates: {{m|fr|croître||to increase, to grow}} croître (“to increase, to grow”), {{inh|fr|fro|croisant}} Old French croisant, {{m|fro|creissant}} creissant, {{inh|fr|la|crēscēns|crēscentem}} Latin crēscentem, {{m|la|crēscō||to augment}} crēscō (“to augment”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} croissant m (plural croissants)
  1. crescent Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-croissant-fr-noun-lK9ncA9p
  2. croissant Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-croissant-fr-noun--7HuuJ0G
  3. crescent moon Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Cakes and pastries, Moon
    Sense id: en-croissant-fr-noun-xbe5cGFO Disambiguation of Cakes and pastries: 12 7 1 32 12 16 19 Disambiguation of Moon: 9 7 1 39 13 15 17 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 12 2 0 36 10 19 21
  4. (heraldry) crescent Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Heraldic charges
    Sense id: en-croissant-fr-noun-lK9ncA9p1 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms (crescent): Croissant fertile Derived forms (croissant): croissandwich
Disambiguation of 'crescent': 39 0 19 41 Disambiguation of 'croissant': 0 0 0 0

Verb

IPA: /kʁwa.sɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-croissant2.ogg [France], LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-croissant.wav
Etymology: Present participle of the verb croître (“to increase, to grow”). From Old French croisant, from earlier creissant, from Latin crēscentem, present active participle of crēscō (“to augment”). Etymology templates: {{m|fr|croître||to increase, to grow}} croître (“to increase, to grow”), {{inh|fr|fro|croisant}} Old French croisant, {{m|fro|creissant}} creissant, {{inh|fr|la|crēscēns|crēscentem}} Latin crēscentem, {{m|la|crēscō||to augment}} crēscō (“to augment”) Head templates: {{head|fr|present participle}} croissant
  1. present participle of croître Tags: form-of, participle, present Form of: croître
    Sense id: en-croissant-fr-verb-RtOrXQZw
  2. present participle of croitre Tags: form-of, participle, present Form of: croitre
    Sense id: en-croissant-fr-verb-~2Q9-fvl

Inflected forms

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