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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/croissant/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/croissant/#x1)
- The croissant was so flaky it left crumbs everywhere. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/croissant/#x2)
- In Paris we bought croissants from a bakery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/croissant/#x3)
- Croissants are made with lots of butter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/croissant/#x4)
- Can I have a chocolate croissant, please? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/croissant/#x5)
- Croissant means crescent in French because of its shape. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/croissant/#x6)

### 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/croissant/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.