Italian
Etymology
From German Gipfel or Kipfel (“croissant”), from Old High German kipfa, chipf, from Latin cippus (“post”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈki.fer/
- Hyphenation: chì‧fer
Noun
chifer m
- (Switzerland) croissant
- Synonyms: brioche, cornetto, croissant
References
- Paul Hugger (1992) La Svizzera: vita e cultura popolare, →ISBN