different between lacrosse vs hurling

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

English

Noun

hurling (countable and uncountable, plural hurlings)

1. The act by which something is hurled or thrown.
   • 1864, Charles Dickens, "Pincher Astray", All the Year Round, Volume X, Number 249, pages 539-541

     The butcher's boy — a fierce and beefy youth, who openly defied the dog, and waved him off with hurlings of his basket and threatenings of his feet, accompanied by growls of "Git out, yer beast!" — now entered silently […]

2. An Irish game of ancient Celtic origin. It is played with an ash stick called a hurley (camán in Irish) and a hard leather ball called a sliotar.
3. A Cornish street game resembling rugby, played with a silver ball.

Translations

Verb

hurling

1. present participle of hurl

Derived terms

• senior hurling