croix

Etymology

From the Middle French croix, from Old French croix, crois, from the Latin crux, crucem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁwa/

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• Homophones: croie, croient, croies, crois, croit, croîs, croît

Noun

croix f (plural croix)

1. cross (shape)
2. (heraldry) a representation of a cross; the cross as a heraldic symbol

Further reading

• “croix” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Alternative forms

• crois

Etymology

From Old French crois, from Latin crux, crucem.

Noun

croix f (plural croix)

1. cross

Noun

croix f (oblique plural croix, nominative singular croix, nominative plural croix)

1. Alternative form of crois
   • circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la lections d'ypocrisie et d'umilité:

     De ceulz qui en croix mis l'avoient

     Of those that they put on the cross