"lacrosse" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ləˈkɹɒs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ləˈkɹɔs/ [General-American], /ləˈkɹɑs/ [Canada, cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-lacrosse.ogg [US]
Etymology: Borrowed from Canadian French la crosse (“the stick”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|fr-CA|la crosse||the stick|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Canadian French la crosse (“the stick”), {{bor+|en|fr-CA|la crosse||the stick}} Borrowed from Canadian French la crosse (“the stick”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} lacrosse (uncountable)
  1. (sports) 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. Wikipedia link: lacrosse Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Lacrosse, Sports Synonyms: lax [informal] Derived forms: box lacrosse, field lacrosse, FIL, indoor lacrosse, lacrosse ball, lacrosse helmet, lacrosse player, lacrosse stick Translations (sport): لَاكْرُوس (lākrūs) (Arabic), lakros (Azerbaijani), лакро́с (lakrós) [masculine] (Bulgarian), lacrosse [masculine] (Catalan), 長曲棍球 (Chinese Mandarin), 长曲棍球 (chángqūgùnqiú) (Chinese Mandarin), lakros [masculine] (Czech), lacrosse (Danish), lacrosse (Dutch), kanada bastonludo (Esperanto), kahvpall (Estonian), lakross (Estonian), lacrosse (Finnish), haavipallo (Finnish), crosse [feminine] (French), lacrosse [masculine] (French), Lacrosse [neuter] (German), λακρός (lakrós) (Greek), lacrosse (Hungarian), crosógaíocht [feminine] (Irish), lacrosse [masculine] (Italian), ラクロス (rakurosu) (Japanese), 라크로스 (rakeuroseu) (Korean), tewa'á:raton (Mohawk), lacrosse (Norwegian), lacrosse (Polish), lacrosse (Portuguese), лакро́сс (lakróss) [masculine] (Russian), lacrosse (Scottish Gaelic), dewá’ä:ö’ (Seneca), lakros [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lacrosse (Spanish), intercross [masculine] (Spanish), vilorta [feminine] (Spanish), lacrosse (Swedish), lakros (Tagalog), lakros (Turkish), лакро́сс (lakróss) [masculine] (Ukrainian), bóng vợt (Vietnamese)

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      "sense": "sport",
      "word": "lacrosse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sport",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "intercross"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sport",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vilorta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sport",
      "word": "lacrosse"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "sport",
      "word": "lakros"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sport",
      "word": "lakros"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lakróss",
      "sense": "sport",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лакро́сс"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "sport",
      "word": "bóng vợt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lacrosse"
}

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