crosse
See also: crossé and Crosse
English
Etymology
From French crosse (“stick”).
Noun
crosse (plural crosses)
- A lacrosse stick.
Usage notes
Rarely used outside of the game's rulebooks; "stick" is preferred during practice and gameplay.
Translations
lacrosse stick
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Anagrams
- Croses, Secors, Sorces, cessor, corses, orcess, scores, scorse
French
Etymology
From Middle French crosse, from Old French crosse (“shepherd's staff”), from a Germanic language, likely Frankish *krukkju, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *krukjō (“staff, crutch”).
Compare Old High German krucka, Old Saxon krukka, Middle Dutch crucke, English crutch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁɔs/
Audio (file)
Noun
crosse f (plural crosses)
- butt (of rifle etc.)
- stick
- crosier
- (France, sports) hockey stick, lacrosse stick, or golf club
- lacrosse
- Synonym: lacrosse
- (Canada, uncountable, informal) fraud, a swindle (usually as de la crosse)
- (Canada, vulgar) masturbation
Derived terms
- crosse de fougère
Descendants
- → Portuguese: crossa
Further reading
- “crosse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- corses
- scores
Middle English
Noun
crosse
- Alternative form of cross
Walloon
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʀɔs/
Etymology 1
From Latin crusta.
Noun
crosse f (plural crosses)
- crust (outer layer of bread and pastry).
Derived terms
- pice-crosse
- cache-ås-crosses
Etymology 2
From Frankish *krukkju.
Noun
crosse f (plural crosses)
- crook, crosier.
- crutch.
- butt.
Derived terms
- crossete
- crossî