different between crois vs crusader

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?wa/
• Homophones: croîs, croit, croix

Verb

crois

1. first-person singular present indicative of croire
2. second-person singular present indicative of croire
3. second-person singular imperative of croire

Irish

Noun

crois f sg

1. Dialectal form of cros (“cross; crosspiece; trial, affliction; prohibition”)
2. (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of cros

Mutation

Old French

Etymology

From Latin crux, crucem.

Noun

crois 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)
• Tourangeau: crouéx
• Walloon: croes

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

crois f (genitive singular croise, plural croisean)

1. cross (in geometry and religion)

Derived terms

English

Etymology

From crusade +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?u??se?d?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?u?se?d?/
• Rhymes: -e?d?(r)

Noun

crusader (plural crusaders)

1. (historical) A fighter in the medieval Crusades.

   the crusaders of the Middle Ages

2. (figuratively) A person engaged in a crusade.

Translations

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “crusader”, in Online Etymology Dictionary