croce

See also: Croce

Italian

Etymology

From Latin crucem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkro.t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -otʃe
• Hyphenation: cró‧ce

• Audio:

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Noun

croce f (plural croci)

1. cross
2. (heraldry) cross
3. (figurative) burden, cross to bear

Related terms

• crocesegno
• crociare
• crociata
• crocifere
• crocifissione
• crociforme

Anagrams

• -cerco, cerco, cercò, rocce

Latin

Noun

croce

1. vocative singular of crocus

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• roce

Etymology

Inherited from Latin crucem.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈkroːt͡ʃə]
• (Castelmezzano) IPA^(key): [ˈkruːt͡ʃə]

Noun

croce f (plural cruce)

1. cross

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 790: “la croce” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Giacco, Giuseppe (2003), “croce”, in Schedario Napoletano