lacrosse

lacrosse

See also: Lacrosse

English

Alternative forms

• lax (informal)

Etymology

Borrowed from Canadian French la crosse (“the stick”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ləˈkɹɒs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ləˈkɹɔs/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /ləˈkɹɑs/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

lacrosse (uncountable)

1. (sports) A sport played on a field between two opposing teams using sticks (crosses) and a ball, whereby one team defeats the other by achieving a higher score by scoring goals within the allotted time.

Derived terms

• box lacrosse
• field lacrosse
• FIL
• indoor lacrosse
• lacrosse ball
• lacrosse helmet
• lacrosse player
• lacrosse stick

 

Translations

sport

Arabic: لَاكْرُوس‎ (lākrūs) Azerbaijani: lakros Bulgarian: лакро́с m (lakrós) Catalan: lacrosse (ca) m Cayuga: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 長曲棍球／长曲棍球 (chángqūgùnqiú) Czech: lakros m Danish: lacrosse Dutch: lacrosse (nl) Esperanto: kanada bastonludo Estonian: kahvpall, lakross Finnish: lacrosse, haavipallo (fi) French: crosse (fr) f, lacrosse (fr) m German: Lacrosse (de) n Greek: λακρός (lakrós) Hungarian: lacrosse (hu) Irish: crosógaíocht f Italian: lacrosse m Japanese: ラクロス (ja) (rakurosu) Korean: 라크로스 (ko) (rakeuroseu) Mohawk: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: lacrosse Oneida: please add this translation if you can Onondaga: please add this translation if you can Polish: lacrosse (pl) Portuguese: lacrosse Russian: лакро́сс (ru) m (lakróss) Scottish Gaelic: lacrosse Seneca: please add this translation if you can Serbo-Croatian: lakros m Spanish: lacrosse, intercross m, vilorta f Swedish: lacrosse Tagalog: lakros Turkish: lakros (tr) Ukrainian: лакро́сс m (lakróss) Vietnamese: bóng vợt

Anagrams

• Alcosers, escolars, solacers

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Catalan

Etymology

From French.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ləˈkɾɔs/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /laˈkɾɔs/

Noun

lacrosse m (uncountable)

1. (sports) lacrosse

References

• lacrosse on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ca

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Danish

Etymology

From French.

Noun

lacrosse

1. (sports) lacrosse

References

• lacrosse on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Dutch

Etymology

From French la crosse (“the stick”).

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: la‧cros‧se

Noun

lacrosse n (uncountable)

1. (sports) lacrosse

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Finnish

Etymology

From French lacrosse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑkros/, [ˈlɑkro̞s̠]

Noun

lacrosse

1. (sports) lacrosse

Declension

Inflection of lacrosse (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		lacrosse	lacrosset
genitive		lacrossen	lacrossejen
partitive		lacrossea	lacrosseja
illative		lacrosseen	lacrosseihin
		singular	plural
nominative		lacrosse	lacrosset
accusative	nom.	lacrosse	lacrosset
	gen.	lacrossen
genitive		lacrossen	lacrossejen lacrosseinrare
partitive		lacrossea	lacrosseja
inessive		lacrossessa	lacrosseissa
elative		lacrossesta	lacrosseista
illative		lacrosseen	lacrosseihin
adessive		lacrossella	lacrosseilla
ablative		lacrosselta	lacrosseilta
allative		lacrosselle	lacrosseille
essive		lacrossena	lacrosseina
translative		lacrosseksi	lacrosseiksi
instructive		—	lacrossein
abessive		lacrossetta	lacrosseitta
comitative		—	lacrosseineen

Possessive forms of lacrosse (type nalle)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	lacrosseni	lacrossemme
2nd person	lacrossesi	lacrossenne
3rd person	lacrossensa

Synonyms

• haavipallo

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French

Etymology

la +‎ crosse

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.kʁɔs/

Noun

lacrosse m (uncountable)

1. (sports) lacrosse; Synonym of crosse f

   Synonym: crosse f

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Italian

Etymology

From English lacrosse from Canadian French crosse.

Noun

lacrosse m (uncountable)

1. (sports) lacrosse

Further reading

• lacrosse in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• lacrosse on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Anagrams

• classerò, sclerosa

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French la crosse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑˈkrɔs/
• Rhymes: -ɔs

Noun

lacrosse m

1. (sports) lacrosse

References

• lacrosse on the Norwegian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^no

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French la crosse.

Noun

lacrosse m

1. (sports) lacrosse

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Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French lacrosse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈkrɔs/
• Rhymes: -akrɔs
• Syllabification: la‧crosse

Noun

lacrosse n (indeclinable)

1. (sports) lacrosse

Further reading

• lacrosse in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lacrosse in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From French.

Noun

lacrosse m (uncountable)

1. (sports) lacrosse

References

• lacrosse on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from French lacrosse.

Noun

lacrosse ?

1. lacrosse

References

• lacrosse on the Scottish Gaelic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gd

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Spanish

Etymology

From French lacrosse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈkɾos/ [laˈkɾos]
• Rhymes: -os

Noun

lacrosse m (uncountable)

1. (sports) lacrosse

References

• lacrosse on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

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Swedish

Etymology

From French.

Noun

lacrosse c

1. (sports) lacrosse

Declension

Declension of lacrosse
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lacrosse	lacrossen	—	—
Genitive	lacrosses	lacrossens	—	—

References

• lacrosse on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sv