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Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
cruce
- ablative singular of crux
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *krūkā (“pot, pitcher”).
Pronunciation
Noun
crūce f
- a waterpot, pitcher, or cruse
Declension
Weak:
Descendants
Romanian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin crux, crucem. Compare Aromanian crutse, crutsi / cãrutse, cãrutsi.
Pronunciation
Noun
cruce f (plural cruci)
- cross
Declension
Derived terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈkɾuθe/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈkɾuse/
- Rhymes: -uθe
- Rhymes: -use
- Syllabification: cru‧ce
Etymology 1
Deverbal from cruzar.
Noun
cruce m (plural cruces)
- crossroads, crossing, intersection (a place where one road crosses another; an intersection of two or more roads)
- Synonym: intersección
- crossing, (action of crossing or traversing (a room, street, sea, etc.), or time elapsed for it)
- Synonyms: cruzada, cruzamiento, travesía
- crosswalk
- Synonym: paso de cebra
- crossing (action of causing to cross)
1981, Allan Pease (translation by Maricel Ford), El lenguaje del cuerpo:el cruce de piernas- the crossing of one's legs
- crossbreeding (action, effect or product of producing (an organism) by the mating of individuals of different breeds, varieties, or species; hybridize)
- Synonyms: cruzamiento, cruzado, mestizo
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
Verb
cruce
- inflection of cruzar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
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