Cross

See also: cross, crôs, cross-, and cros

English

Etymology

• As an English surname, from the noun cross, as in crossroads. Also a calque of this word in various European languages, such as French Lacroix, German Kreutz, Serbo-Croatian Križ. Compare Crouch, Crozier, Kriz.
• As an Irish surname, shortened from McCrossen.
• As a German surname, Americanized from Kross, from Middle Low German krus (“pitcher, vessel”), which is possibly an old Germanic borrowing of Ancient Greek κρωσσός (krōssós, “pitcher, pail, urn”). Also a variant of Kress.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, Canada) IPA^(key): /kɹɒs/

• Audio (Canada):

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• (General American, Australia) enPR: krôs, IPA^(key): /kɹɔs/

• Audio (General American):

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• Audio (Australia):

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• (cot–caught merger) enPR: krŏs, IPA^(key): /kɹɑs/
• Rhymes: -ɒs, -ɔːs

Proper noun

Cross

1. (Christianity) The cross on which Jesus died and, in metonymical uses, such as to refer to Christ's suffering in general.

   Synonyms: Holy Cross, True Cross, Crucifix

2. A number of places with the name "Cross":
   1. A place in the United Kingdom:
      1. A settlement on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB5062).
      2. A hamlet in St Dominick parish, east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX4067)
      3. A hamlet in Georgeham parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4539).
      4. A hamlet in Goodleigh parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS6034).
      5. A hamlet in Ellesmere Rural parish and Ellesmere Urban parish, north of Ellesmere, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3936).
      6. A village in Compton Bishop parish, Somerset, England, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST4154).
   2. A place in Ireland:
      1. A village and townland in County Clare, Ireland, Irish spelling An Chrois.
      2. A village in County Mayo, Ireland, Irish spelling An Chrois.
   3. A place in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States.
      2. An unincorporated community in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States.
      3. A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, United States.
   4. A barangay of Glan, Sarangani, Philippines.

Usage notes

For places with the affix "Cross", see cross#Derived terms.

Derived terms

• Holy Cross
• St Cross

Proper noun

Cross

1. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a stone cross on a road.
   • 1922, Musical News and Herald, volumes 62-63, page 780:

     Max Cross cut a fine figure as the Colonel, Percy Penny was a somewhat unducal Duke, while Edgar McHale gave a particularly good rendering of the Major.

Derived terms

• Cross County
• crossite
• Cross-McKusick-Breen syndrome
• Cross syndrome
• Crossville

See also

• Crozier
• Kreuzer

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English cross.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁɔs/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Cross m (strong, genitive Crosses or Cross, plural Cross or Crosses)

1. (tennis) groundstroke that is played diagonally

   Coordinate term: Longline

Declension

Declension of Cross [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Cross	die	Cross, Crosses
genitive	eines	des	Crosses, Cross	der	Cross, Crosses
dative	einem	dem	Cross	den	Cross, Crosses
accusative	einen	den	Cross	die	Cross, Crosses

Further reading

• “Cross” in Duden online
• “Cross”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)