lacrosse

See also: Lacrosse

English

Alternative forms

• lax (informal)

Etymology

Borrowed from crosse (“the stick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləˈkɹɒs/
• IPA^(key): /ləˈkɹɔs/
• IPA^(key): /ləˈkɹɑs/

• Audio (US):

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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

• box lacrosse
• field lacrosse
• FIL
• indoor lacrosse
• lacrosse ball
• lacrosse helmet
• lacrosse player
• lacrosse stick

 

Translations

sport played on a field between two opposing teams using sticks and a ball

• Arabic: لَاكْرُوس (lākrūs)
• Azerbaijani: lakros
• Bulgarian: лакро́с m (lakrós)
• Catalan: lacrosse (ca) m
• Cayuga: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 長曲棍球／长曲棍球, 长曲棍球 (chángqūgùnqiú)

• Czech: lakros m
• Danish: lacrosse
• Dutch: lacrosse (nl)
• Esperanto: kanada bastonludo
• Estonian: kahvpall, lakross
• Finnish: haavipallo (fi)
• French: crosse (fr) f, lacrosse (fr) m
• German: Lacrosse (de) n
• Greek: λακρός (lakrós)
• Hungarian: lacrosse (hu)
• Irish: crosógaíocht f
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• Italian: lacrosse m
• Japanese: ラクロス (ja) (rakurosu)
• Korean: 라크로스 (ko) (rakeuroseu)
• Mohawk: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: lacrosse
• Oneida: please add this translation if you can
• Onondaga: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: lacrosse (pl)
• Portuguese: lacrosse
• Russian: лакро́сс (ru) m (lakróss)
• Scottish Gaelic: lacrosse
• Seneca: please add this translation if you can
• Serbo-Croatian: lakros m
• Spanish: lacrosse, intercross m, vilorta f
• Swedish: lacrosse
• Tagalog: lakros
• Turkish: lakros (tr)
• Ukrainian: лакро́сс m (lakróss)
• Vietnamese: bóng vợt

Anagrams

• Alcosers, escolars, solacers

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Catalan

Etymology

From French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ləˈkɾɔs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [laˈkɾɔs]

Noun

lacrosse m (uncountable)

1. (sports) lacrosse

References

• lacrosse on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ca

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Danish

Etymology

From French.

Noun

lacrosse

1. (sports) lacrosse

References

• lacrosse on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Dutch

Etymology

From French la crosse (“the stick”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: la‧cros‧se

Noun

lacrosse n (uncountable)

1. (sports) lacrosse

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French

Etymology

la +‎ crosse

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.kʁɔs/

Noun

lacrosse m (uncountable)

1. (sports) lacrosse; Synonym of crosse f

   Synonym: crosse f

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Italian

Etymology

From English lacrosse from .

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French la crosse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑˈkrɔs/
• Rhymes: -ɔs

Noun

lacrosse m

1. (sports) lacrosse

References

• lacrosse on the Norwegian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^no

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French la crosse.

Noun

lacrosse m

1. (sports) lacrosse

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Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French lacrosse.

Noun

1. (sports) lacrosse

Further reading

• lacrosse in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lacrosse in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From French.

Noun

lacrosse m (uncountable)

1. (sports) lacrosse

References

• lacrosse on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from French lacrosse.

Noun

lacrosse ?

1. lacrosse

References

• lacrosse on the Scottish Gaelic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gd

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Spanish

Etymology

From French lacrosse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈkɾos/ [laˈkɾos]

Noun

lacrosse m (uncountable)

1. (sports) lacrosse

References

• lacrosse on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

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Swedish

Etymology

From French.

Noun

lacrosse c

1. (sports) lacrosse

Declension

Declension of lacrosse

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	lacrosse	lacrosses
	definite	lacrossen	lacrossens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• lacrosse on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sv