cruce

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkrʊ.kɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkruː.t͡ʃe]

cruce

1. ablative singular of crux

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkruː.ke/

crūce f

1. a waterpot, pitcher, or cruse

Weak feminine (n-stem):

• crocc
• crōg

• Middle English: crouke

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

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cruce f (plural cruci)

1. cross

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾuθe/ [ˈkɾu.θe] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾuse/ [ˈkɾu.se] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -uθe (Spain)
• Rhymes: -use (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: cru‧ce

Deverbal from cruzar.

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

• (crossroads): esquina

cruce

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

• “cruce”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024