motocross
See also: moto-cross
English
Etymology
From French, a macaronic blend of moto, from motocyclette (“motorcycle”) and English cross-country. May be decomposed as moto- + -cross.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈməʊ.tə(ʊ).kɹɒs/
Audio (UK): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmoʊ.doʊˌkɹɔs/, /-kɹɑs/
- Hyphenation: mo‧to‧cross
Noun
motocross (usually uncountable, plural motocrosses)
- (sports, motorcycling) A form of off-road motorbike racing.
- (sports, motorcycling) An event where such racing takes place.
Synonyms
- MX (abbreviation)
- scrambling
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- bicycle motocross
- bike motocross
- BMX (“bike motocross”)
- MX (“abbreviation”)
- MXGP
- sidecarcross
- supercross
- wheelchair motocross
Translations
off-road motorbike racing
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event
See also
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmotoˌkrosː/, [ˈmo̞t̪o̞ˌkro̞s̠ː]
- Rhymes: -osː
Noun
motocross
- motocross (sport)
Declension
| Inflection of motocross (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | motocross | — | |
| genitive | motocrossin | — | |
| partitive | motocrossia | — | |
| illative | motocrossiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | motocross | — | |
| accusative | nom. | motocross | — |
| gen. | motocrossin | ||
| genitive | motocrossin | — | |
| partitive | motocrossia | — | |
| inessive | motocrossissa | — | |
| elative | motocrossista | — | |
| illative | motocrossiin | — | |
| adessive | motocrossilla | — | |
| ablative | motocrossilta | — | |
| allative | motocrossille | — | |
| essive | motocrossina | — | |
| translative | motocrossiksi | — | |
| abessive | motocrossitta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
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Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “motocross”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English motocross.
Noun
motocross m (invariable)
- motocross
- Synonyms: (rare) motocrossismo, (rare) motocampestre, (rare) motopratismo
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /motoˈkɾos/ [mo.t̪oˈkɾos]
- Rhymes: -os
- Syllabification: mo‧to‧cross
Noun
motocross m (uncountable)
Further reading
- “motocross”, 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
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English motocross.
Noun
motocross c
- (sports, motorcycling) motocross (sport)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | motocross | motocross |
| definite | motocrossen | motocrossens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |