Noun: cruz
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | cruz |
| Plural f | cruces |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like cruz
belaluz,
avestruz,
uz,
nenez,
peniz,
foz,
luz,
noz,
paz,
vez,
voz,
brillantez,
embriaguez,
cicatriz,
actriz,
rixidez,
perdiz,
vellez,
timidez,
cruz, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese cruz, from Latin crux, crucem (“cross”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, to bend”). See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
cruz', Latin Nouns '
crux'.
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