Cross ( sometimes for the historical cross of Christ )
From Middle English cross , cros , from Old English cros ( “ rood, cross ” ) , perhaps from Old Irish cros (compare Welsh croes , Irish crois ), perhaps from Latin crux (cruci ). In this sense displaced native Middle English rood , from Old English rōd ; see rood .
The sense of "two intersecting lines drawn or cut on a surface; two lines intersecting at right angles" without regard to religious signification develops from the late 14th century.
cross (plural crosses )
An artist's depiction of Jesus being executed on a cross
A hooked cross (swastika) inside of an iron cross
A boysenberry – a cross between several other berries
The cross , one of the steps in a popular algorithm for solving the Rubik's Cube
A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.
Put a cross for a wrong answer and a tick for a right one.
( heraldry ) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross .
A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion ).
Criminals were commonly executed on a wooden cross .
( Christianity ) Alternative form of Cross The Crucifix , the cross on which Christ was crucified .
1811 , Walter Scott, The Vision of Don Roderick; a Poem , Edinburgh: [ … ] James Ballantyne and Co. for John Ballantyne and Co. [ … ] ; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown , →OCLC , stanza XXVII, page 31 :From the dim landscape roll the clouds away— / The Christians have regained their heritage; / Before the Cross has waned the Crescent's ray, / And many a monastery decks the stage, / And lofty church, and low-brow'd hermitage.
( Christianity ) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross ; sign of the Cross .
She made the cross after swearing.
( Christianity ) Any representation of the Crucifix , as in religious architecture, burial markers, jewelery, etc.
She was wearing a cross on her necklace.
( figurative , from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured .
It's a cross I must bear.
1641 , Ben Jonson , Timber :Heaven prepares good men with crosses .
The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other
A quick cross of the road.
( biology ) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization .
( by extension ) A hybrid of any kind.
( boxing ) A hook thrown over the opponent's punch .
( soccer ) A pass in which the ball is kicked from a side of the pitch to a position close to the opponent ’s goal .
2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC [1] :And Stamford Bridge erupted with joy as Florent Malouda slotted in a cross from Drogba, who had stayed just onside.
A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross ).
A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross )
( obsolete ) A coin stamped with the figure of a cross, or that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general.
c. 1598–1600 (date written) , William Shakespeare , “As You Like It ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed[ ward] Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , [ Act II, scene iv] :I should bear no cross if I did bear you; for I think you have no money in your purse.
( obsolete , Ireland ) Church lands.
1612 , John Davies , Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued :the church-lands lying within the same, which were called the Cross
A line across or through another line.
( surveying ) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle .
( Rubik's Cube ) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
( cartomancy ) The thirty-sixth Lenormand card.
( slang ) Crossfire .
wooden post with a perpendicular beam, used for crucifixion
Apache:
Western Apache: tsįh iłná'ááhí
Arabic: صَلِيب m ( ṣalīb )
Egyptian Arabic: صليب m ( ṣalīb )
Aramaic:
Hebrew Script: צליבא m ( ṣlīwā, ṣlīwo )
Syriac: ܨܠܝܒܐ m ( ṣlīwā, ṣlīwo ) , ܙܩܝܦܐ m
Armenian: խաչ (hy) ( xačʻ )
Old Armenian: խաչ ( xačʻ )
Asturian: cruz (ast) f
Azerbaijani: xaç (az) , səlib
Bulgarian: кръст (bg) m ( krǎst )
Burmese: လက်ဝါးကပ်တိုင် (my) ( lak-wa:kaptuing )
Catalan: creu (ca) f
Chechen: жаӏар ( žaˀar )
Cherokee: ᏓᏓᎿᏩᏍᏛ ( dadahnawasdv )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 十字架 (zh) ( shízìjià )
Dalmatian: crauc f
Danish: kors (da) n
Dutch: kruis (nl) n
Faroese: krossur m
Finnish: risti (fi) , ristinpuu
Franco-Provençal: crouèx
French: croix (fr) f
Friulian: crôs f
Gagauz: stavroz
Galician: cruz (gl) f
Georgian: ჯვარი (ka) ( ǯvari )
German: Kreuz (de) n
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌲𐌰 m ( galga )
Greek: σταυρός (el) m ( stavrós )
Ancient: σταυρός m ( staurós )
Hebrew: צְלָב (he) m
Hindi: सलीब (hi) f ( salīb )
Hungarian: kereszt (hu)
Ido: kruco (io)
Indonesian: salib (id)
Irish: cros f
Italian: croce (it) f
Japanese: 十字架 (ja) ( じゅうじか, jūjika )
Kannada: ಶಿಲುಬೆ (kn) ( śilube )
Kazakh: айқыш ( aiqyş )
Khmer: ឈើឆ្កាង ( chəə chkaang )
Korean: 십자가 (ko) ( sipjaga )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: خاچ ( xaç )
Northern Kurdish: xaç (ku)
Kyrgyz: айкаш (ky) ( aykaş )
Ladino: hach , kruz , istavroz
Lao: ໄມ້ກາງແຂນ ( mai kāng khǣn )
Latin: crux (la) f
Latvian: krusts (lv) n
Low German: Krüüz n
Malagasy: vokovoko (mg)
Malay: salib
Malayalam: കുരിശ് (ml) ( kuriśŭ )
Maore Comorian: muri wa pawa
Maori: rīpeka
Meru: mutharaba
Northern Thai: ᨾᩱ᩶ᨠᩣ᩠ᨦᨡᩮ᩠ᨶ ( may⁶ kaaŋ¹ xeen¹ )
Norwegian: kors (no) n
Occitan: crotz (oc) f
Ojibwe: aazhideyaatig
Old English: rōd (ang) f
Ottoman Turkish: خاچ ( haç )
Persian: صلیب (fa) ( salib ) , خاج (fa) ( xâj ) , خاچ ( xâč ) , چلیپا (fa) sg ( čalipā )
Picard: croé
Plautdietsch: Kjriez n
Polish: krzyż (pl) m
Portuguese: cruz (pt) f
Romanian: cruce (ro)
Russian: крест (ru) m ( krest )
Scottish Gaelic: crois f
Shan: သဝ်မႆႉဝႃးမိုဝ်း ( sǎo mâ̰i wáa múe )
Slovak: kríž m
Slovene: križ (sl) m
Spanish: cruz (es) f
Swahili: msalaba (sw)
Swedish: kors (sv) n
Tai Dam: ꪼꪣ꫁ꪖ꪿ꪱꪉꪵꪄꪙ ( ꞌmạy tháng khen )
Tajik: салиб ( salib )
Tamil: சிலுவை (ta) ( ciluvai )
Telugu: శిలువ ( śiluva )
Thai: ไม้กางเขน (th) ( máai-gaang-kěen )
Turkish: çarmıh (tr)
Ukrainian: хрест m ( xrest )
Urdu: صلیب f ( salīb )
Vietnamese: thánh giá (vi)
Vilamovian: kroüc
West Flemish: kruus
Yiddish: צלם m ( tseylem )
Yup'ik: kelistaq
definite : the cross on which Christ was crucified
Arabic: صَلِيب ( ṣalīb )
Armenian: խաչափայտ (hy) ( xačʻapʻayt )
Old Armenian: խաչափայտ ( xačʻapʻayt )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: please add this translation if you can
Azerbaijani: xaç (az) , səlib
Bulgarian: разпя́тие (bg) n ( razpjátie )
Burmese: လက်ဝါးကပ်တိုင် (my) ( lak-wa:kaptuing )
Cherokee: ᏓᏓᎿᏩᏍᏛ ( dadahnawasdv )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 十字架 (zh) ( shízìjià )
Danish: korset (da) n
Dutch: kruis (nl) n
Finnish: risti (fi) , ristinpuu
French: croix (fr)
Georgian: ჯვარი (ka) ( ǯvari )
German: Kreuz (de) n
Greek: σταυρός (el) m ( stavrós )
Ancient: σταυρός m ( staurós )
Hindi: सलीब (hi) f ( salīb ) , क्रूस m ( krūs )
Hungarian: kereszt (hu) , feszület (hu)
Icelandic: kross (is) m
Ido: kruco (io)
Indonesian: salib (id)
Italian: croce (it)
Japanese: 十字架 (ja) ( jūjika )
Kannada: ಶಿಲುಬೆ (kn) ( śilube )
Kazakh: айқыш ( aiqyş )
Korean: 십자가 (ko) ( sipjaga )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: خاچ ( xaç )
Northern Kurdish: xaç (ku)
Kyrgyz: айкаш (ky) ( aykaş )
Latin: Crux (la) f
Latvian: krusts (lv) n
Low German: Krüüz n
Macedonian: распе́тие n ( raspétie )
Malagasy: vokovoko (mg)
Malay: salib
Malayalam: കുരിശ് (ml) ( kuriśŭ )
Manchu: ᡥᡳᠶᠠᡥᠠᠨ ᡨᡝᡥᡝ ( hiyahan tehe )
Maori: Rīpeka
Meru: mutharaba
Ngazidja Comorian: mswalaɓa class 3
Old English: rōd (ang) f
Persian: صلیب (fa) ( salib ) , چلیپا (fa) ( čalipâ ) , خاج (fa) ( xâj ) , خاچ ( xâč )
Picard: croé
Polish: krzyż (pl) m
Portuguese: cruz (pt)
Russian: крест (ru) m ( krest ) , распя́тие (ru) n ( raspjátije )
Scottish Gaelic: crois f
Swahili: msalaba (sw)
Swedish: korset (sv) n
Tamil: குறுக்கு (ta) ( kuṟukku ) , சிலுவை (ta) ( ciluvai )
Turkish: çarmıh (tr)
Ukrainian: розп'я́ття f ( rozpʺjáttja )
Urdu: صلیب f ( salīb ) , سُولی f ( sūlī )
Vietnamese: Thánh Giá
Yup'ik: kelistaq
gesture made by Christians
Armenian: խաչակնքում (hy) ( xačʻaknkʻum )
Bashkir: суҡыныу ( suqınıw )
Bulgarian: кръстене n ( krǎstene )
Dutch: kruis (nl) n , kruisteken (nl) n
Finnish: ristinmerkki (fi) , risti (fi)
French: signe de croix (fr)
Georgian: პირჯვარი ( ṗirǯvari )
German: Kreuzzeichen n
Greek: σταυρός (el) m ( stavrós )
Hungarian: kereszt (hu) , keresztvetés (hu)
Ido: kruco (io) , krucosigno (io)
Indonesian: tanda salib
Italian: segno della croce m
Latvian: krusts (lv) n
Low German: Krüüzteken n
Macedonian: крстење n ( krstenje )
Malayalam: കുരിശ് (ml) ( kuriśŭ )
Persian: خاج (fa) ( xâj ) , صلیب (fa) ( salib )
Polish: krzyż (pl) m , krzyżyk (pl) m , znak krzyża m
Portuguese: sinal da cruz m
Russian: крест (ru) m ( krest ) , кре́стное знаме́ние (ru) n ( kréstnoje znaménije )
Scottish Gaelic: crois f
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: znak križa m
Spanish: santiguamiento m , señal de la cruz (es) f
Swahili: msalaba (sw)
Swedish: kors (sv) n , korstecken n
Turkish: istavroz (tr)
Ukrainian: хресне знамення n ( xresne znamennja )
Vietnamese: dấu Thánh Giá
figuratively : difficult situation
biology: animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization
hook thrown over opponent's punch
Translations to be checked
cross (comparative crosser , superlative crossest )
Transverse ; lying across the main direction.
At the end of each row were cross benches which linked the rows.
1704 , I[saac] N[ewton] , “(please specify |book=1 to 3) ”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. [ … ] , London: [ … ] Sam[ uel] Smith, and Benj[ amin] Walford, printers to the Royal Society , [ … ] , →OCLC :the cross refraction of the second prism
( archaic ) Opposite, opposed to.
His actions were perversely cross to his own happiness.
( now rare ) Opposing , adverse ; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.
, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.50:
As a fat body is more subject to diseases, so are rich men to absurdities and fooleries, to many casualties and cross inconveniences.
1665 , Joseph Glanvill , Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; [ … ] , London: [ … ] E. C[ otes] for Henry Eversden [ … ] , →OCLC :the cross and unlucky issue of my designs
1694 , Robert South , Christianity Mysterious, and the Wisdom of God in Making it So (sermon preached at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 1694)
The article of the resurrection seems to lie marvellously cross to the common experience of mankind.
( chiefly British , Ottawa Valley ) Bad-tempered , angry , annoyed .
She was rather cross about missing her train on the first day of the job.
Please don't get cross at me. (or) Please don't get cross with me.
1650/1651 , Jeremy Taylor , The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
He had received a cross answer from his mistress.
Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
cross interrogatories
cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other
( nautical ) Of the sea, having two wave systems traveling at oblique angles, due to the wind over shifting direction or the waves of two storm systems meeting.
1887 , Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia , page 15 :As my father remarked to me when I stole on deck to view the state of affairs, the sea was a "cross one," and very difficult to steer against.
transverse; lying across the main direction
angry, annoyed
Dutch: geërgerd (nl) , geërgerde (nl)
Esperanto: kruca (eo)
Finnish: vihainen (fi) , ärtynyt (fi) , äreä (fi) , pahantuulinen (fi)
French: fâché (fr) , contrarié (fr)
German: verärgert (de) , böse (de)
Greek: θυμωμένος (el) ( thymoménos )
Hindi: नाराज़ ( nārāz )
Hungarian: mérges (hu) , dühös (hu) , bosszús (hu)
Italian: irritato (it) , arrabbiato (it)
Maori: riri , pukuriri
Portuguese: irritado (pt)
Russian: серди́тый (ru) m ( serdítyj )
Scottish Gaelic: crosta
Spanish: enfadado (es) , enfurruñado (es) , de morros ( colloquial )
Swahili: misalaba (sw)
Swedish: arg (sv) , ond (sv) , sur (sv)
Urdu: ناراض ( nārāz )
cross
( archaic ) Across .
She walked cross the mountains.
The cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.
cross (third-person singular simple present crosses , present participle crossing , simple past and past participle crossed )
To make or form a cross .
To place across or athwart; to cause to intersect.
She frowned and crossed her arms.
To lay or draw something across, such as a line.
to cross the letter t
To mark with an X.
Cross the box which applies to you.
To write lines of text at right angles to and over the top of one another in order to save paper.W
1977 , Agatha Christie , chapter 4, in An Autobiography , part I, London: Collins , →ISBN :An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.
( reflexive , to cross oneself) To make the sign of the cross over oneself.
( transitive ) To make the sign of the cross over (something or someone).
1886 , Peter Christen Asbjørnsen , translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales , page 298 :"Well, no! that's what I cannot make out either," said the mother quite innocently, "for I've had castor in the cradle, - I have crossed him, and I put a silver brooch in his shirt, and I stuck a knife in the beam over the door, so I don't know how they could have managed to change him."
( UK , Oxford University , slang , obsolete , transitive ) To mark a cross against the name of (a student) in the buttery or kitchen , so that they cannot get food there.
2022 , Andrew Lang, Oxford
The reign of Mary was scarcely more favourable to letters. No one knew what to be at in religion. In Magdalen no one could be found to say Mass, the fellows were turned out, the undergraduates were whipped — boyish martyrs — and crossed at the buttery.
To move relatively.
( transitive ) To go from one side of (something) to the other.
Why did the chicken cross the road?
You need to cross the street at the lights.
1897 December (indicated as 1898 ), Winston Churchill , chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode , New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company ; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd. , →OCLC :Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet: or anon we shot into a clearing, with a colored glimpse of the lake and its curving shore far below us.
2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine ”, in BBC Sport :Ukraine, however, will complain long and hard about a contentious second-half incident when Marko Devic's shot clearly crossed the line before it was scrambled away by John Terry, only for the officials to remain unmoved.
2021 December 29, Philip Haigh, “Rail's role in unifying Great Britain and Northern Ireland”, in RAIL , number 947 , page 24 :Whatever the merits or otherwise of Scottish independence or a united UK, plenty of people cross the border every year.
( intransitive ) To travel in a direction or path that will intersect with that of another.
Ships crossing from starboard have right-of-way.
( transitive ) To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.
November 4, 1866 , James David Forbes , letter to E. C. Batten Esq.
Your kind letter crossed mine.
( sports ) Relative movement by a player or of players.
( cricket , reciprocally) Of both batsmen, to pass each other when running between the wickets in order to score runs .
( soccer ) To pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side.
He crossed the ball into the penalty area.
( rugby ) To score a try .
2011 February 12, Mark Orlovac, “England 59-13 Italy ”, in BBC :England cut loose at the end of the half, Ashton, Mark Cueto and Mike Tindall all crossing before the break.
( social ) To oppose.
( transitive ) To contradict (another) or frustrate the plans of.
"You'll rue the day you tried to cross me, Tom Hero!" bellowed the villain.
1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens , The Personal History of David Copperfield , London: Bradbury & Evans , [ … ] , published 1850 , →OCLC :At length I begged him, with all the earnestness I felt, to tell me what had occurred to cross him so unusually, and to let me sympathize with him, if I could not hope to advise him.
1995 , “Gangsta's Paradise”, in Artis Ivey, Jr., Karry Sanders, Doug Rasheed (lyrics), Gangsta's Paradise (CD), performed by Coolio and L.V., Tommy Boy, →OCLC :But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it / Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of / You better watch how you talkin' and where you walkin' / Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
( transitive , obsolete ) To interfere and cut off ; to debar .
c. 1591–1592 (date written) , William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, [ … ] ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed[ ward] Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , [ Act III, scene ii] :to cross me from the golden time I look for
( law ) To conduct a cross examination ; to question a hostile witness .
( biology ) To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
They managed to cross a sheep with a goat.
1978 , Kim Applegate Peggs, Carpenter , volume 96 , page 16 :Question: What do you get when you cross an elephant with a rhino? Answer : El-if-I-no.
( transitive ) To stamp or mark (a cheque) in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited into a bank account.
1924 , Commerce Reports , volume 1, number 13 , page 849 :The English practice of crossing checks so that payment may be made to the bank account or to order is prevalent.
to place across; to cause to intersect
go from one side of something to the other
Ainu: トモツ゜イェ ( tomotuye )
Arabic: عَبَرَ (ar) ( ʕabara )
Armenian: հատել (hy) ( hatel ) , անցնել (hy) ( ancʻnel )
Azerbaijani: keçmək (az) , kəsib keçmək
Belarusian: перасяка́ць impf ( pjerasjakácʹ ) , перасе́кчы pf ( pjerasjékčy )
Bulgarian: преси́чам (bg) impf ( presíčam ) , пресека́ pf ( preseká )
Burmese: ကူး (my) ( ku: )
Catalan: creuar (ca) , travessar (ca) , passar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 過 / 过 (zh) ( guò ) , 橫渡 / 横渡 (zh) ( héngdù ) , 渡 (zh) ( dù )
Czech: přecházet (cs) , přejet (cs)
Danish: krydse ( including marking a cheque )
Dutch: oversteken (nl)
Esperanto: transiri , krucigi
Farefare: puuge
Finnish: ylittää (fi) ( a narrow thing ) , mennä yli ( a narrow thing ) , mennä poikki ( e.g., a room )
French: traverser (fr) , franchir (fr)
Galician: cruzar (gl)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: kreuzen (de) , überqueren (de)
Greek: διασχίζω (el) ( diaschízo )
Ancient: περάω ( peráō )
Hebrew: חָצָה (he) m ( ḥatza ) , עָבָר (he) m ( 'avar )
Hungarian: átkel (hu) , átmegy (hu)
Ido: krucumar (io)
Irish: téigh trasna
Italian: attraversare (it)
Japanese: 渡る (ja) ( わたる, wataru )
Khmer: ឆ្លង (km) ( chlɑɑng )
Korean: 건너다 (ko) ( geonneoda )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: پەڕاندن ( perrandin )
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: trānseō (la)
Latvian: krustot , šķērsot , pāriet
Macedonian: преминува ( preminuva ) , преодува ( preoduva ) , пресекува ( presekuva )
Malayalam: കടക്കുക (ml) ( kaṭakkuka )
Maori: whiti
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Ngazidja Comorian: ushilia
Norwegian: krysse (no)
Persian: (please verify ) عرض چیزی را طی کردن
Portuguese: atravessar (pt) , cruzar (pt)
Quechua: chimpay
Russian: пересека́ть (ru) impf ( peresekátʹ ) , пересе́чь (ru) pf ( pereséčʹ ) , переходи́ть (ru) impf ( perexodítʹ ) , перейти́ (ru) pf ( perejtí )
Sanskrit: तरति (sa) ( tarati )
Slovene: prečkati
Spanish: atravesar (es) , pasar (es)
Swedish: korsa (sv)
Telugu: దాటు (te) ( dāṭu )
Thai: ข้าม (th) ( kâam )
Turkish: geçmek (tr) ( + ablative )
Tày: băng , phổng
Ukrainian: перетина́ти impf ( peretynáty ) , перетну́ти pf ( peretnúty )
Vietnamese: đi qua , băng qua
travel in a direction or path that will intersect with that another
contradict or frustrate the plans of
Bulgarian: препя́тствам (bg) impf ( prepjátstvam ) , противоде́йствам impf ( protivodéjstvam )
Dutch: doorkruisen (nl)
Finnish: astua tielle , sekaantua (fi)
French: contrecarrer (fr) , déjouer (fr)
German: kreuzen (de) ( plan ) , konterkarieren (de) , hintergehen (de) ( person )
Greek: ματαιώνω (el) ( mataióno )
Hungarian: keresztez (hu) , akadályoz (hu) , ellentmond (hu) , ellenkezik (hu) , útját állja , útjába áll
Italian: intralciare (it) , ostacolare (it)
Portuguese: opor (pt)
Spanish: cruzar (es)
Swedish: förhindra (sv) , gäcka (sv) , gå i vägen för , korsa (sv)
make the sign of the cross over oneself
Belarusian: хрысці́цца impf ( xryscícca ) , перахрысці́цца pf ( pjeraxryscícca )
Bulgarian: кръ́стя се impf ( krǎ́stja se )
Danish: korse sig , gøre (da) korsets tegn n
Finnish: tehdä ristinmerkki
French: faire le signe de la croix , se signer (fr)
Galician: persignar
German: sich bekreuzigen
Greek: σταυροκοπιέμαι (el) ( stavrokopiémai )
Hungarian: keresztet vet (hu)
Japanese: 十字 を切る ( jūji o kiru )
Macedonian: се крсти impf or pf ( se krsti ) , се прекрстува impf ( se prekrstuva ) , се прекрсти pf ( se prekrsti )
Portuguese: persignar-se , fazer o sinal da cruz
Romanian: cruci (ro) , închina (ro)
Russian: крести́ться (ru) impf ( krestítʹsja ) , перекрести́ться (ru) pf ( perekrestítʹsja )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: прекри́жити се pf
Roman: prekrížiti se (sh) pf
Slovene: se prekrižati
Spanish: santiguarse (es) , persignarse (es)
Swedish: göra (sv) korstecknet
Ukrainian: хрести́тися impf ( xrestýtysja ) , перехрести́тися pf ( perexrestýtysja )
Yup'ik: puusuq
biology: to cross-fertilize or crossbreed
cross inan
Proscribed spelling of kros ( “ cross country ” )
Declension of cross (inanimate, singular only, ending in consonant)
From English .
cross m (uncountable )
( sports ) cross-country
Unadapted borrowing from English cross .
IPA (key ) : /ˈkrɔs/
Rhymes: -ɔs
Hyphenation: cròss
cross m (invariable )
motocross
cross (boxing punch, tennis shot)
slice (golf shot)
From Old English cros , borrowed from Old Norse kross , borrowed from Old Irish cros , borrowed from Latin crux . Doublet of crouche and croys .
cross (plural crosses )
A cross or gibbet ( wooden frame for execution ) .
The Holy Cross ; Christ's cross.
A representation of a cross ; the cross as a Christian symbol:
( heraldry ) A cross in heraldry .
A crucifix ( cross-shaped structure ) .
A crosier ( clerical staff )
The intersection of drawn lines, especially as a signature .
( figurative ) The cross in Christian metaphor:
Crucifixion ; nailing to a cross .
Suffering , penury .
( biblical ) Christianity ; the Christian religion.
The sign of the cross .
cross c
a ball hit more or less diagonally across the playing field
( soccer ) a cross
( tennis ) a cross-court
motocross (or similar sports)
Synonym: motocross
a motorbike (small and light motorcycle (as used in or similar to those used in motocross))
åka cross i skogen ride a motorbike in the forest
2000 , The Latin Kings (lyrics and music), “De e knas [There's trouble ]”, in Mitt kvarter [My neighborhood ][2] :Träffade shunne på en nybaxad cross . Han frågade om jag ska ha skjuts och bjussade på ett bloss. Met a dude on a freshly-stolen motorbike . He asked if I need a ride and gave me a smoke.