croisade
French, noun/kʁwa.zad/
croisade is spelled C-R-O-I-S-A-D-E (8 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written French, the 11,928th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Croisade is a French feminine noun meaning “crusade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ligue, expédition faite par les chrétiens contre les peuples hérétiques ou d’autres religions, ainsi nommée…”.
What does croisade mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecrusade
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ligue, expédition faite par les chrétiens contre les peuples hérétiques ou d’autres religions, ainsi nommée parce que ceux qui s’y engageaient portaient une croix sur leur habit. 2. Concertation d’efforts entre plusieurs personnes pour combattre des institutions, des idées qui leur paraissent mauvaises. 3. Croisement. 4. Carrefour de chemins.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of croisade
- croisades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce croisade?
- /kʁwa.zad/
- \kʁwa.zad\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to croisade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is croisade in French?
croisade appears 4.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).