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Italian
Etymology
From croce (“cross”) + -gero (“-bearer, -bearing”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kroˈt͡ʃi.d͡ʒe.ro/
- Rhymes: -idʒero
- Hyphenation: cro‧cì‧ge‧ro
Adjective
crocigero (feminine crocigera, masculine plural crocigeri, feminine plural crocigere)
- (literary, rare) cross-bearing
Noun
crocigero m (plural crocigeri)
- used to define a member of one of several religious orders
- (in the plural) name of one of several religious orders
Further reading
- crocigero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana