crucifix

 

From Middle English crucifix, from Old French crocefis (French crucifix), from Latin crucifixus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹuː.sɪˌfɪks/

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crucifix (plural crucifixes)

1. A wooden cross used for crucifixions, as by the Romans.
2. An ornamental or symbolic sculptural representation of Christ on a cross, often worn as a pendant or displayed in a Christian church.

   Plain crosses are preferred by Protestants, but crucifixes by Catholics.

3. (gymnastics) The iron cross, a position on the rings where the gymnast holds the rings straight out on either side of the body.

• crucifixion
• crucify

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [kɾu.siˈfiks]

crucifix m (plural crucifixos)

1. crucifix

   Synonym: santcrist

From Middle Dutch crucifix, from Latin crucifīxus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkry.si.fɪks/

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• Hyphenation: cru‧ci‧fix

crucifix n (plural crucifixen, diminutive crucifixje n)

1. a crucifix

   Veel christenen hebben een crucifix in hun huis. ― Many Christians have a crucifix in their home.

   Het crucifix is gemaakt van eikenhout. ― The crucifix is made of oak wood.

   Ze kuste het crucifix voordat ze ging slapen. ― She kissed the crucifix before going to sleep.

• kruisbeeld

Inherited from Old French crocefis, crucefix, borrowed from Latin crucifixus.

• IPA^(key): /kʁy.si.fi/

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crucifix m (plural crucifix)

1. crucifix

• crucifier
• crucifixion

• “crucifix”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• crucifixe, crucifyx, crucyfix, crucyfixe, crucyfyx, crusifyx

Borrowed from Old French crocefis, crucefix, itself borrowed from Latin crūcifixus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkriu̯sifiks/, /ˈkrusifiks/

crucifix (plural crucifixes)

1. Christ on the cross.
2. Any depiction of the crucified Christ.
3. A crucifix (cross figure)
4. The Jesus figure on a crucifix.

• English: crucifix

• “crū̆cifix, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

• cruchefis

From Old French crocefis, crucefix, borrowed from Latin crucifixus.

crucifix m (plural crucifix)

1. (Guernsey, Jersey) crucifix

Borrowed from French crucifix, from Latin crucifixus.

crucifix n (plural crucifixe)

1. crucifix