crosse
French, noun
crosse is spelled C-R-O-S-S-E (6 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written French, the 16,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crosse is a French feminine noun meaning “butt (of rifle etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, crossé is a different word: “past participle of crosser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bâton pastoral d’évêque ou d’abbé, dont l’extrémité supérieure se recourbe en volute”.
What does crosse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebutt (of rifle etc.)
- 2
femininestick
- 3
femininecrosier
- 4
femininehockey stick, lacrosse stick, or golf club
- 5
femininelacrosse
- 6
Canadafeminineinformalfraud, a swindle (usually as de la crosse)
- 7
Canadafemininevulgarmasturbation
verb
- 1
past participle of crosser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bâton pastoral d’évêque ou d’abbé, dont l’extrémité supérieure se recourbe en volute. 2. Partie postérieure d'une arme à feu portative, servant à tenir ou appuyer l’arme, lors du tir. 3. Manche d’une arme de poing. 4. Diacritique suscrit à une lettre.
adjective: 1. Qui a droit de porter la crosse, dans la hiérarchie de l'Église catholique romaine.
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 crosse
- crosses plural
- crossée feminine
- crossés masculine plural
- crossées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to crosse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is crosse in French?
crosse appears 2.9 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).