lacrosse

• lax (informal)

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

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

• Audio (US):

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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 scoring more goals within the allotted time.
   • 2001, Alan G. Launder, Play Practice: The Games Approach to Teaching and Coaching Sports:

     The great invasion games of basketball, field and ice hockey, lacrosse and the varied football codes seem to provide an immense attraction for all ages, and billions of people around the world play and watch these sports.

   • 2007 September 16, Jeffrey Rosen, “Wrongly Accused”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     After the accuser proved unable to identify her assailants during two photo lineups, Nifong told the police to give her a third chance, showing her pictures only of the 46 white lacrosse players without any pictures of “fillers,” or nonsuspects.

• Alcosers, escolars, solacers

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ləˈkɾɔs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [laˈkɾɔs]

lacrosse m (uncountable)

1. (sports) lacrosse

• lacrosse on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ca

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

lacrosse

1. (sports) lacrosse

• lacrosse on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: la‧cros‧se

lacrosse n (uncountable)

1. (sports) lacrosse

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑkros/, [ˈlɑ̝kro̞s̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑkros

lacrosse

1. (sports) lacrosse

• haavipallo

• “lacrosse”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

From la +‎ crosse.

• IPA^(key): /la.kʁɔs/

lacrosse m (uncountable)

1. (sports) lacrosse; synonym of crosse f

   Synonym: crosse f

Unadapted borrowing from English lacrosse, from Canadian French crosse.

• IPA^(key): /laˈkrɔs/^*
• Rhymes: -ɔs

lacrosse m (uncountable)

1. (sports) lacrosse

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

• classerò, sclerosa

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

• IPA^(key): /lɑˈkrɔs/
• Rhymes: -ɔs

lacrosse m

1. (sports) lacrosse

• lacrosse on the Norwegian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^no

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

lacrosse m

1. (sports) lacrosse

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

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

lacrosse n (indeclinable)

1. (sports) lacrosse

• lacrosse in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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

lacrosse m (uncountable)

1. (sports) lacrosse

• lacrosse on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

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

lacrosse ?

1. lacrosse

• lacrosse on the Scottish Gaelic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gd

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

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

lacrosse m (uncountable)

1. (sports) lacrosse

• lacrosse on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

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

lacrosse c

1. (sports) lacrosse

• lacrosse on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sv