crossa

Catalan

Alternative forms

• clossa (Valencia)

Etymology

Probably derived from Frankish *krukkju. Compare French crosse (“crozier”). Cognate with English crutch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkɾɔ.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkɾɔ.sa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

crossa f (plural crosses)

1. crutch

   Synonym: muleta

2. shepherd's crook

   Synonym: gaiata

3. (Catholicism) crosier

   Synonym: bàcul

4. (castells) One of two castellers placed on either side of a baix with a shoulder under the baix's armpit, helping the baix to support the weight of the castell and not to move sideways

Further reading

• “crossa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “crossa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “crossa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: crossas, crossât

Verb

crossa

1. third-person singular past historic of crosser

Italian

Verb

crossa

1. inflection of crossare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Crasso, crasso, scarso, scorsa

Portuguese

Etymology

From French crosse (“stick; crosier”), from Old French croce, from Frankish *krukkju.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɔ.sɐ/

Noun

crossa f (plural crossas)

1. crosier (staff with a hooked end)
2. (by extension) anything shaped like a crosier (elongated and ending in a hook)
3. (anatomy) vessel arch

   Crossa aórtica.

   Aortic arch.

Synonyms

• (crosier): báculo, cajado
• (vessel arch): arco

Further reading

• “crossa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “crossa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025