--- title: "How to pronounce croissant | Murmur" description: "Croissant stresses its second syllable and keeps the final t in both CMUdict forms, kwah-SAHNT and kruh-SAHNT, unlike a fully French delivery." canonical: "https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation/croissant" --- [Murmur](https://www.murmurtts.com/)/[Pronunciation](https://www.murmurtts.com/pronunciation)/croissant Pronunciation · Everyday language # How to pronounce croissant Croissant stresses its second syllable and keeps the final t in both CMUdict forms, kwah-SAHNT and kruh-SAHNT, unlike a fully French delivery. [Buy $49](https://murmur-licenses.tarunyadav9761.workers.dev/checkout)[Download free for Apple Silicon (3-day Pro trial)](https://murmur-updates.tarunyadav9761.workers.dev/download/latest)Intel Mac? [Download here](https://murmur-updates.tarunyadav9761.workers.dev/download/intel).Not sure? Apple menu > About This Mac shows your chip. Free plan with Kokoro voices, 3,000 characters a day · 3-day Pro trial, then $49 once ## The dictionary sound sequence CMUdict lists these 2 North American English pronunciations for **croissant**. Read each sequence from left to right. The numbers mark vowel stress: **1** primary, **2** secondary, **0** unstressed. Dictionary variant 1 `K W AA2 S AA1 N T` **Syllable estimate** 2 vowel nuclei **Primary stress** 2nd vowel position **Secondary stress** 1st vowel position Dictionary variant 2 `K R AH0 S AA1 N T` **Syllable estimate** 2 vowel nuclei **Primary stress** 2nd vowel position [Check croissant in Merriam-Webster and listen to available dictionary audio](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/croissant). Syllable counts come from vowel tokens; CMUdict does not supply syllable boundaries here. Variant order follows the dictionary and does not rank correctness. This lexicon does not represent every accent or context. ## Use croissant in context Cafe menus and bakery ads use croissant in nearly every breakfast scene. CMUdict lists a form that opens with "kwah", closer to the French, and an anglicized one that opens with "kruh". Both put the weight on the second syllable and sound the final T, unlike a fully French delivery. 1. He tore the croissant in half and dipped it in his coffee. 2. The almond croissant sold out before nine. ### A practice cue Choose the opening that fits the tone of the piece, more French for a travel story or plainer for a quick ad. Keep the T audible either way so the word does not trail off. ## Read the sound tokens Each example word below is a cue for the named sound, rather than a respelling of croissant. Unstressed vowels may sound reduced. These cues follow the [CMU phoneme-set key (Appendix A)](https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~aria/Papers/MastersThesis.pdf#page=115). `K`sound in **key**consonant`W`sound in **we**consonant`AA`sound in **odd**vowel`S`sound in **sea**consonant`N`sound in **knee**consonant`T`sound in **tea**consonant`R`sound in **read**consonant`AH`sound in **hut**vowel Take it to your next recording ## Make an audition worksheet Select a dictionary variant for your checklist. The two original sentences retain their normal spelling; this worksheet helps you review a recording rather than forcing a speech engine to use phonemes. Copying and downloading happen in your browser. No script upload or audio generation is needed. ## Dictionary source The phonemes on this page come from [CMU Pronouncing Dictionary](https://github.com/cmusphinx/cmudict/blob/74790861f652b15e4ac49015a90074ad62a27690/cmudict.dict). 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