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cronut en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɹoʊ(ˌ)nʌt/ (General-American)
  • /ˈkɹəʊnʌt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Blend of croissant + doughnut. Trademarked by the French pastry chef Dominique Ansel.

Meanings

  1. A pastry which combines characteristics of a croissant and a doughnut. A croissant-based donut. A breadstuff shaped like a donut and made from croissant dough.
    • Botshka added that he doesn't understand the draw of the cronut burger, which combines a doughnut and croissant into a burger that is topped with maple bacon jam. 2013 August 21, Clare Clancy, “Cronut burger vendor closed after 34 people report getting sick at Toronto’s CNE”, in Hamilton Spectator:
    • Could it have been a hybrid, a marriage of croissant and doughnut? The Cronut? The Doughsant? 1991 March 3, Diane White, “Munching in the '90s -- will doughnuts topple the croissant?”, in Boston Globe:
    • You can't overlook the fact that the culinary skill needed to create cronuts is extremely high; pastry dough in a fryer usually "separates instantly and parts six ways to Sunday," says Merwin. 2013 June 6, Emily Shire, “Everything you need to know about the cronut”, in The Week:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
croinut alternative lexicographic
cronuts Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

bagel · funnelcake · churro · frybread

Hypernyms

pastry · breadstuff · donut

Relateds

croffle · cruffin · doughnut · croissant · donut

Synonyms

doissant

Translations (10)

ca crònut (pastry) · de Cronut (pastry) · it Cronut (pastry) · pl cronut (pastry) · ko 크로넛 (pastry) · it cronetto (pastry) · es cronut (pastry) · fr cronut (pastry) · af cronut (pastry) · ja クロナッツ (pastry)

wikipedia: Dominique Ansel