cronut

• croinut

Blend of croissant +‎ doughnut.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹoʊnʌt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹəʊnʌt/

cronut (plural cronuts)

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.
   • 1991 March 3, Diane White, “Munching in the '90s -- will doughnuts topple the croissant?”, in Boston Globe:

     Could it have been a hybrid, a marriage of croissant and doughnut? The Cronut? The Doughsant?

   • 2013 June 6, Emily Shire, “Everything you need to know about the cronut”, in The Week:

     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 August 21, Clare Clancy, “Cronut burger vendor closed after 34 people report getting sick at Toronto’s CNE”, in Hamilton Spectator:

     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.

From English cronut.

• IPA^(key): /kʁɔ.nœt/

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cronut m (plural cronuts)

1. cronut

Borrowed from English cronut, a blend of croissant and doughnut.

cronut m (plural cronuts)

1. cronut