lacrosse en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ləˈkɹɔs/ (General-American)
- /ləˈkɹɑs/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /ləˈkɹɒs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
Etymology
Borrowed from Canadian French la crosse (“the stick”).
Meanings
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(uncountable) A sport played on a field between two opposing teams using sticks (crosses) and a ball, whereby one team defeats the other by scoring more goals within the allotted time.
After the accuser proved unable to identify her assailants during two photo lineups, Nifong told the police to give her a third chance, showing her pictures only of the 46 white lacrosse players without any pictures of “fillers,” or nonsuspects.
2007 September 16, Jeffrey Rosen, “Wrongly Accused”, in The New York Times:The great invasion games of basketball, field and ice hockey, lacrosse and the varied football codes seem to provide an immense attraction for all ages, and billions of people around the world play and watch these sports.
2001, Alan G. Launder, Play Practice: The Games Approach to Teaching and Coaching Sports:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lax | Polite=Infm | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
lacrosstitute · field lacrosse · lacrosse helmet · polocrosse · lacrosse stick · box lacrosse · lacrosser · lacrosse ball · lacrosselike · lacrosse player · FIL · indoor lacrosse
Translations (43)
gd lacrosse (sport) · fi lacrosse (sport) · tl lakros (sport) · ar لَاكْرُوس (sport) · ca lacrosse (sport) · az lakros (sport) · sh лакрос (sport) · ja ラクロス (sport) · fr lacrosse (sport) · pt lacrosse (sport) · ru лакро́сс (sport) · ko 라크로스 (sport) · ga crosógaíocht (sport) · sv lacrosse (sport) · et kahvpall (sport) · de Lacrosse (sport) · nl lacrosse (sport) · et lakross (sport) · es lacrosse (sport) · da lacrosse (sport) · yue 棍網球 /棍网球 (sport) · fr crosse (sport) · yi לאַקראָס (sport) · el λακρός (sport) · hu lacrosse (sport) · cmn 棍網球 /棍网球 (sport) · kk лакросс (sport) · es vilorta (sport) · see dewá’ä:ö’ (sport) · vi bóng vợt (sport) · it lacrosse (sport) · sh lakros (sport) · eo kanada bastonludo (sport) · cmn 袋棍球 (sport) · bg лакро́с (sport) · no lacrosse (sport) · tr lakros (sport) · es intercross (sport) · uk лакро́с (sport) · cs lakros (sport) · moh tewa'á:raton (sport) · pl lacrosse (sport) · fi haavipallo (sport)