croisement
French, noun/kʁwaz.mɑ̃/
croisement is spelled C-R-O-I-S-E-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written French, the 12,541st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Croisement is a French masculine noun meaning “crossing (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action par laquelle deux choses se croisent”.
What does croisement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecrossing (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross)
Near-synonyms: intersection, carrefour
- 2
masculineoutcrossing
- 3
masculinecrossbreed
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action par laquelle deux choses se croisent 2. Résultat de cette action. 3. Endroit où deux voies ou deux lignes se croisent. 4. Action d’accoupler des animaux de même espèce, mais de race différente.
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 croisement
- croisements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce croisement?
- /kʁwaz.mɑ̃/
- \kʁwaz.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to croisement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is croisement in French?
croisement appears 4.3 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).