cruce

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See also: Cruce and crucé

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

cruce

  1. ablative singular of crux

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *krūkā (“pot, pitcher”).

Pronunciation

Noun

crūce f

  1. a waterpot, pitcher, or cruse

Declension

Declension of cruce (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative crūce crūcan
accusative crūcan crūcan
genitive crūcan crūcena
dative crūcan crūcum

Related terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: crouke

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin crux, crucem. Compare Aromanian crutse, crutsi / cãrutse, cãrutsi.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cruce f (plural cruci)

  1. cross

Declension

Declension of cruce
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) cruce crucea (niște) cruci crucile
genitive/dative (unei) cruci crucii (unor) cruci crucilor
vocative cruce, cruceo crucilor

Derived terms

Derived terms

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈkɾuθe/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈkɾuse/
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -uθe
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -use
  • Syllabification: cru‧ce

Etymology 1

Deverbal from cruzar.

Noun

cruce m (plural cruces)

  1. crossroads, crossing, intersection (a place where one road crosses another; an intersection of two or more roads)
    Synonym: intersección
  2. crossing, (action of crossing or traversing (a room, street, sea, etc.), or time elapsed for it)
    Synonyms: cruzada, cruzamiento, travesía
  3. crosswalk
    Synonym: paso de cebra
  4. 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
  5. 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
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Etymology 2

Verb

cruce

  1. inflection of cruzar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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