different between crosse vs crosne

English

Etymology

From French crosse (“stick”).

Noun

crosse (plural crosses)

1. A lacrosse stick.

Usage notes

Rarely used outside of the game's rulebooks; "stick" is preferred during practice and gameplay.

Translations

Anagrams

• Croses, Secors, Sorces, cessor, corses, orcess, scores, scorse

French

Etymology

From Middle French crosse, from Old French crosse (“shepherd's staff”), from a Germanic language, likely Frankish *krukkija, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *krukj? (“staff, crutch”). Compare Old High German krucka, Old Saxon krukka, Middle Dutch crucke, English crutch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??s/

Noun

crosse f (plural crosses)

1. butt (of rifle etc.)
2. stick
3. crosier
4. (France, sports) hockey stick, lacrosse stick, or golf club
5. lacrosse

   Synonym: lacrosse

6. (Canada, uncountable, informal) fraud, a swindle (usually as de la crosse)

Derived terms

• crosse de fougère

Descendants

• ? Portuguese: crossa

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• corses
• scores

Walloon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??s/

Etymology 1

From Latin crusta.

Noun

crosse f (plural crosses)

1. crust (outer layer of bread and pastry).

Derived terms

• pice-crosse
• cache-ås-crosses

Etymology 2

From Frankish *krukkja.

Noun

crosse f (plural crosses)

1. crook, crosier.
2. crutch.
3. butt.

Derived terms

• crossete
• crossî

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French crosne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?o?n/
• Rhymes: -??n
• Homophone: crone

Noun

crosne (plural crosnes)

1. A vegetable, Stachys affinis, the Chinese artichoke.

Anagrams

• Cerons, Cosner, Crones, Oncers, censor, crones, necros, oncers, recons, scorne, sercon

Translations

French

Etymology

From Crosnes, the French village where the plants were first grown natively.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?on/

Noun

crosne m (plural crosnes)

1. Chinese artichoke, crosne

Further reading

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