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1 croix de Lorraine
the cross of Lorraine (cross with two horizontal bars, the symbol of the Gaullist movement) -
2 croix
croix [kʀwa]feminine nouna. ( = objet, décoration) cross• pour le faire sortir, c'est la croix et la bannière (inf) it's a devil of a job to get him to go out (inf)b. ( = marque) cross• faire or mettre une croix devant un nom to put a cross by a name• si tu lui prêtes ton livre, tu peux faire une croix dessus ! (inf) if you lend him your book, you'll never see it again!c. ( = souffrance) chacun a or porte sa croix we all have our cross to bear* * *kʀwɑnom féminin invariable crossêtre mis en croix — [condamné] to be crucified
chacun porte sa croix — fig we all have our cross to bear
Phrasal Verbs:••ton argent, tu peux faire une croix dessus — (colloq) you can kiss your money goodbye
un jour à marquer d'une croix blanche — a red-letter day, a day to remember
croix de bois, croix de fer (si je mens, je vais en enfer) — cross my heart (and hope to die)
* * *kʀwa nf1) (symbole) cross2) (figure, marque) crosspouvoir faire une croix sur qch fig (= devoir s'en passer) Le club peut faire une croix sur le titre de champion. — The club can kiss goodbye to the championship title.
en croix; les bras en croix — with one's arms stretched out wide
* * *croix nf inv1 ( objet) cross; (décoration, emblème) cross; croix russe/grecque Russian/Greek Cross; croix ansée or égyptienne ansate cross, ankh; croix potencée cross of Jerusalem; en croix crosswise, in the shape of a cross; disposer des brindilles en croix to lay twigs crosswise; être disposé or arrangé en croix to form a cross, to be arranged crosswise; mettre or tendre les bras en croix to hold one's arms out on either side of the body; être mis en croix [condamné] to be crucified;2 ( marque) cross; marquer un nom d'une croix to put a cross against ou by a name; signer d'une croix to sign one's name with a cross;3 ( épreuve) cross (to bear); cet enfant, c'est une vraie croix he's a cross I have to bear; chacun porte sa croix we all have our cross to bear.croix celte or celtique Celtic cross; croix de fer ( décoration) Mil Iron Cross; Sport crucifix; croix gammée swastika; croix de guerre Mil Croix de guerre; croix de Lorraine cross of Lorraine; croix de Malte Maltese cross; croix de Saint-André St Andrew's cross; croix de Saint-Pierre Peter's cross; croix du Saint-Sépulcre cross of Jerusalem.ton argent, tu peux faire or tirer or mettre une croix dessus○ you can kiss your money goodbye; la récompense promise, tu peux faire or tirer or mettre une croix dessus○ you can kiss goodbye to the promised reward; faire une croix sur son passé to leave the past behind; un jour à marquer d'une croix blanche a red-letter day, a day to remember; croix de bois, croix de fer (si je mens, je vais en enfer) cross my heart (and hope to die).[krwa] nom féminin1. [gibet] cross2. [objet cruciforme] crosscroix de bois, croix de fer, si je mens, je vais en enfer cross my heart (and hope to die)3. [emblème] crosscroix de Malte/St André Maltese/St Andrew's crossla croix de Lorraine the cross of Lorraine (cross with two horizontal bars, the symbol of the Gaullist movement)[de la Légion d'honneur] Cross of the Legion of Honour5. [signe écrit] cross6. PRESSE7. COUTURE8. ASTRONOMIE————————en croix locution adverbialeplacer ou mettre deux choses en croix to lay two things crosswise
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