crois

See also: croîs

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʁwa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophones: croie, croient, croies, croîs, croit, croît, croix

Verb

crois

  1. inflection of croire:
    1. first/second-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Irish

Noun

crois f sg

  1. dialectal form of cros (“cross; crosspiece; trial, affliction; prohibition”)
  2. (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of cros

Mutation

Mutated forms of crois
radical lenition eclipsis
crois chrois gcrois

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin crux, crucem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾoi̯s/

Noun

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

  1. cross
  2. crossroads

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Bourbonnais-Berrichon: queroix, queroué
  • Middle French: croix, crois
  • Picard: croé
  • Norman: crouaix (Jersey), croués (France), kérouaïe (Guernsey), krwee (Sark)
  • Walloon: croes
  • → Middle English: croys, crois, creiz

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Originally the dative of cros, from Old Irish cros, from Latin crux (“cross”). Doublet of croch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰɾɔʃ/

Noun

crois f (genitive singular croise, plural croisean)

  1. cross (in geometry and religion)

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of crois
radical lenition
crois chrois

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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