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crouton

  • /ˈkɹuːtɒn/ UK
  • /ˈkɹutɑn/ US, dialectal
  • /kɹuˈtɑn/ US, dialectal
  • /ˈkɹutɒn/ Canada, dialectal
  • /ˈkɹʉːtɔn/ Australia
  • /ˈkɹʉːtɒn/ New Zealand
  • [ˈkɹʉːtɔ̟n] New Zealand

Rhymes with -uːtɒn

Where it comes from

Unadapted borrowing from French croûton. Compare croute.

noun croutons · croûton

  1. A small, often seasoned, piece of dry or fried bread.
  2. slang A Glock switch.

Translations

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noun small piece of bread

Españolcrutón, picatoste, tostón
Françaiscroûton, crouton
Italianocrostino
Русскийгрено́к grenók, круто́н krutón

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"crouton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/crouton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

crouton. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/crouton

Chicago

"crouton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/crouton.

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@misc{crouton_2026,
  title = {crouton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/crouton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}