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It's the literal translation of the word croissant.
Trivia: the OG croissant was likely made in Vienna and named after the German word for mountain peak, 'Gipfel'. They're still called variations of that in Austria and Switzerland, maybe Bavaria too?
I guess it kind of makes sense that it would make the transition from being named a mountain peak and being named an increase/incline?
I believe the word croissant is referring to the form, it looks like un croissant de lune 🌙 (moon crescent).
As long as you don’t say chocolatine you can call the croissant increasing all you want!
That makes much more sense! I'm not that good at french and just learned that word from you lol.
I've never heard them called that so no worries that I'll start!
Chocolatine is a way to say pain au chocolat in southwestern France. Not croissant.
It’s kind of a French private joke, and an eternal war in the country.
If there's one thing that unites all European cultures it's poking fun at one another within a country for local language variations.
That said, chocolatine sounds like a biscuit. But then pain au chocolat is also what they're called outside France.
But pain au chocolat could describe any type of chocolate bread, like a babka, but chocolatine is a name specific to one type of pastry.
A wrong name
Nah, pain au chocolat is specific. Others are called Schokobrot. Hope that helps.
You heard that @inlandempire@jlai.lu? Pain au chocolat is the normal way, the only good way.
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I think it is called décroissant.
Des croissants
Croissant de lune is only half correct in the first place. If it looks like the emoji you picked, it is a "baby moon" and growing ("waxing") towards full, but if it's oriented like C 🌜 it's an "old moon" that's "waning" or decreasing.
I don't mean YOU aren't correct, just that the term is scientifically sloppy.