la croix et la bannière
French, noun/la kʁwa e la ba.njɛʁ/
la croix et la bannière is spelled L-A-C-R-O-I-X-E-T-L-A-B-A-N-N-I-È-R-E (19 letters). La croix et la bannière is a French feminine noun meaning “painful and strenuous experience; hassle; tall order” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does la croix et la bannière mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepainful and strenuous experience; hassle; tall order
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. Très difficile, très compliqué.
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.
How do you pronounce la croix et la bannière?
- /la kʁwa e la ba.njɛʁ/
- \la kʁwa e la ba.njɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.