croix

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French croix, from Old French croix, crois, from the Latin crucem. Doublet of crux, croiseur, and cruiser.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʁwa/
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Homophones: croie, croient, croies, crois, croit, croîs, croît

Noun

croix f (plural croix)

cross (shape)
(heraldry) a representation of a cross; the cross as a heraldic symbol

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Haitian Creole: kwa

Further reading

“croix”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Middle French

Alternative forms

crois

Etymology

From Old French crois, from Latin crux, crucem.

Noun

croix f (plural croix)

cross

Descendants

French: croix
- Haitian Creole: kwa

Old French

Noun

croix oblique singular, f (oblique plural croix, nominative singular croix, nominative plural croix)

Alternative form of crois
- c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la lections d'ypocrisie et d'umilité:
  De ceulz qui en croix mis l'avoient
  Of those that they put on the cross

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