croisade
English
Noun
croisade (plural croisades)
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(See the entry for croisade in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
French
Etymology
From Middle French croisade (15th century), as it were crois + the suffix -ade. The change in suffix from Old French croisement, croiserie, croisée, is influenced by Old Occitan crozada (13th century) and Spanish cruzada (14th century), both reflecting Latin cruciāta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁwa.zad/
Further reading
- “croisade” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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