entrecroiser
French, verb/ɑ̃.tʁə.kʁwa.ze/
entrecroiser is spelled E-N-T-R-E-C-R-O-I-S-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 155,929th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entrecroiser is a French verb meaning “to criss-cross, intersect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Se croiser l’un l’autre”.
What does entrecroiser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to criss-cross, intersect
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Se croiser l’un l’autre.
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 entrecroiser
- s'entrecroiser infinitive
- s'être + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- s'entrecroisant gerund participle present
- ayant gerund multiword-construction participle
- étant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- entrecroisé participle past
- m'entrecroise first-person indicative present
- t'entrecroises indicative present second-person
- s'entrecroise indicative present singular
- nous entrecroisons first-person indicative plural
- vous entrecroisez indicative plural present
- s'entrecroisent indicative plural present
- m'entrecroisais first-person imperfect indicative
- t'entrecroisais imperfect indicative second-person
- s'entrecroisait imperfect indicative singular
- nous entrecroisions first-person imperfect indicative
- vous entrecroisiez imperfect indicative plural
- s'entrecroisaient imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entrecroiser?
- /ɑ̃.tʁə.kʁwa.ze/
- \ɑ̃.tʁə.kʁwa.ze\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is entrecroiser in French?
entrecroiser appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).