French

Noun

croix f ‎(plural croix)

1. cross (shape)
2. (heraldry) a representation of a cross; the cross as a heraldic symbol

Related terms

• croisade
• croiser

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: kwa

Middle French

Alternative forms

• crois

Etymology

From Old French crois, from Latin crux, crucem.

Noun

croix f (plural croix)

1. cross

Descendants

• French: croix

Old French

Noun

croix f ‎(oblique plural croix, nominative singular croix, nominative plural croix)

1. Alternative form of crois
   • circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la lections d'ypocrisie et d'umilité:

     De ceulz qui en croix mis l'avoient

     Of those that they put on the cross