"motocross" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: motocrosses [plural]
Etymology: From French, a macaronic blend of moto, from motocyclette (“motorcycle”) and English cross-country. May be decomposed as moto- + -cross. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|-}} French, {{m|fr|moto}} moto, {{m|fr|motocyclette||motorcycle}} motocyclette (“motorcycle”), {{cog|en|cross-country}} English cross-country, {{confix|en|moto|cross}} moto- + -cross Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} motocross (usually uncountable, plural motocrosses)
  1. (sports, motorcycling) A form of off-road motorbike racing. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Motorcycles, Sports Translations (off-road motorbike racing): мотакро́с (motakrós) [masculine] (Belarusian), мотокро́с (motokrós) [masculine] (Bulgarian), motocròs [masculine] (Catalan), 摩托越野賽 (Chinese Mandarin), 摩托越野赛 (mótuō yuèyěsài) (Chinese Mandarin), 摩托車越野賽 (Chinese Mandarin), 摩托车越野赛 (mótuōchē yuèyěsài) (Chinese Mandarin), motokros [masculine] (Czech), motokroso (Esperanto), motocross (Finnish), motocross [masculine] (French), Motocross [masculine] (German), モトクロス (motokurosu) (Japanese), 모토크로스 (motokeuroseu) (Korean), motocross [masculine] (Polish), motokros [masculine] (Polish), motocross [masculine] (Portuguese), мотокро́сс (motokróss) [masculine] (Russian), мотого́нки (motogónki) [feminine, plural] (Russian), motocross [masculine] (Spanish), мотокро́с (motokrós) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-motocross-en-noun-zkdMqA46 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motorcycling, sports Disambiguation of 'off-road motorbike racing': 75 25
  2. (sports, motorcycling) An event where such racing takes place. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Motorcycles, Sports Translations (event): 摩托越野賽 (Chinese Mandarin), 摩托越野赛 (mótuō yuèyěsài) (Chinese Mandarin), 摩托車越野賽 (Chinese Mandarin), 摩托车越野赛 (mótuōchē yuèyěsài) (Chinese Mandarin), motocross-kilpailu (Finnish), motocross [masculine] (Polish), motokros [masculine] (Polish), corrida/prova/competição de motocross [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-motocross-en-noun-mRqydWJM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with moto-, English terms suffixed with -cross, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with moto-: 38 62 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cross: 27 73 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 26 74 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motorcycling, sports Disambiguation of 'event': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: MX [abbreviation], scrambling Derived forms: bicycle motocross, bike motocross, BMX (alt: bike motocross), MX [abbreviation], MXGP, sidecarcross, supercross, wheelchair motocross Related terms: snocross Coordinate_terms: dirt bike

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      "sense": "off-road motorbike racing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "motocross"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "off-road motorbike racing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Motocross"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "motokurosu",
      "sense": "off-road motorbike racing",
      "word": "モトクロス"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "motokeuroseu",
      "sense": "off-road motorbike racing",
      "word": "모토크로스"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "off-road motorbike racing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "motocross"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "off-road motorbike racing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "motokros"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "off-road motorbike racing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "motocross"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "motokróss",
      "sense": "off-road motorbike racing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мотокро́сс"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "motogónki",
      "sense": "off-road motorbike racing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "мотого́нки"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "off-road motorbike racing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "motocross"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "motokrós",
      "sense": "off-road motorbike racing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мотокро́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "event",
      "word": "摩托越野賽"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mótuō yuèyěsài",
      "sense": "event",
      "word": "摩托越野赛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "event",
      "word": "摩托車越野賽"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mótuōchē yuèyěsài",
      "sense": "event",
      "word": "摩托车越野赛"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "event",
      "word": "motocross-kilpailu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "event",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "motocross"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "event",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "motokros"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "corrida/prova/competição de motocross"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:motocross"
  ],
  "word": "motocross"
}

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