different between athletics vs lacrosse

English

Etymology

From athlete +? -ics.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ??l?t?ks/

Noun

athletics

1. (sports, especially Britain) A group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country and racewalking.
2. (sports, especially US) Physical activities such as sports and games requiring stamina, fitness and skill.

Related terms

• athleticism

Translations

Noun

athletics

1. plural of athletic

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /l??k??s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /l??k??s/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /l??k??s/

Noun

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 achieving a higher score by scoring goals within the allotted time.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Alcosers, escolars, solacers

Catalan

Etymology

From French.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /l??k??s/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /la?k??s/

Noun

lacrosse m (uncountable)

1. (sports) lacrosse

References

• lacrosse on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ca

Danish

Etymology

From French.

Noun

lacrosse

1. (sports) lacrosse

References

• lacrosse on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Etymology

From French la crosse (“the stick”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la?cros?se

Noun

lacrosse n (uncountable)

1. (sports) lacrosse

French

Etymology

la +? crosse

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.k??s/

Noun

lacrosse m (uncountable)

1. (sports) lacrosse; Synonym of crosse (“f”)

Synonyms

• crosse f

Italian

Etymology

From English lacrosse from Canadian French crosse.

Noun

lacrosse m (uncountable)

1. (sports) lacrosse

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• classerò, sclerosa

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French la crosse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??kr?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Noun

lacrosse m

1. (sports) lacrosse

References

• lacrosse on the Norwegian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^no

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French la crosse.

Noun

lacrosse m

1. (sports) lacrosse

Polish

Etymology

From French lacrosse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la?kr?s/

Noun

lacrosse n (indeclinable)

1. (sports) lacrosse

Further reading

• lacrosse in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From French.

Noun

lacrosse m (uncountable)

1. (sports) lacrosse

References

• lacrosse on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from French lacrosse.

Noun

lacrosse ?

1. lacrosse

References

• lacrosse on the Scottish Gaelic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gd

Spanish

Etymology

From French lacrosse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la?k?os/, [la?k?os]

Noun

lacrosse m (uncountable)

1. (sports) lacrosse

References

• lacrosse on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Swedish

Etymology

From French.

Noun

lacrosse c

1. (sports) lacrosse

Declension

References

• lacrosse on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sv