crois

See also: croîs

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁwa/

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• 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
crois	chrois	gcrois
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

• croisade

Descendants

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

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

crois f (genitive singular croise, plural croisean)

1. cross (in geometry and religion)

Derived terms

• bratach na croise (“saltire”)
• Cogadh na Croise (“Crusade”)
• crois-bhogha (“crossbow”)
• crois-tara (“fiery cross”)