cruce

See also: Cruce and crucé

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkrʊ.kɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkruː.t͡ʃe]

Noun

cruce

1. ablative singular of crux

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *krūkā (“pot, pitcher”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkruː.ke/

Noun

crūce f

1. a waterpot, pitcher, or cruse

Declension

Weak n-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	crūce	crūcan
accusative	crūcan	crūcan
genitive	crūcan	crūcena
dative	crūcan	crūcum

Related terms

• crocc
• crōg

Descendants

• Middle English: crouke

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin crux, crucem. Compare Aromanian crutse, crutsi / cãrutse, cãrutsi.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cruce f (plural cruci)

1. cross

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cruce	crucea		cruci	crucile
genitive-dative	cruci	crucii		cruci	crucilor
vocative	cruce, cruceo			crucilor

Derived terms

• cruci
• cruciadă
• cruciș
• crucișătură
• încruci
• încrucișa
• încrucișare
• încrucișat

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾuθe/ [ˈkɾu.θe] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾuse/ [ˈkɾu.se] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -uθe (Spain)
• Rhymes: -use (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: cru‧ce

Etymology 1

Deverbal from cruzar.

Noun

cruce m (plural cruces)

1. crossroads, crossing, intersection (a place where one road crosses another; an intersection of two or more roads)

   Synonym: intersección

2. crossing, (action of crossing or traversing (a room, street, sea, etc.), or time elapsed for it)

   Synonyms: cruzada, cruzamiento, travesía

3. crosswalk

   Synonym: paso de cebra

4. crossing (action of causing to cross)
   • 1981, Allan Pease (translation by Maricel Ford), El lenguaje del cuerpo:

     el cruce de piernas

     the crossing of one's legs

5. crossbreeding (action, effect or product of producing (an organism) by the mating of individuals of different breeds, varieties, or species; hybridize)

   Synonyms: cruzamiento, cruzado, mestizo

Derived terms

• cruce peatonal
• luz de cruce

Related terms

• cruz
• cruzar

See also

• (crossroads): esquina

Etymology 2

Verb

cruce

1. inflection of cruzar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “cruce”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025