cross-
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.00 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
prefix
Perpendicular in angle; transverse.
prefix
More than one, often in indicating applicability to several domains that are usually separate.
Example Sentences
- "e.g. crossbody, crossbuck, cross-stitch"
- "e.g. crossbedding, crossband, crossmember"
- ". See visuals for difference between crossband and crossbuck."
- "e.g. crossfield, cross-city. When used for a rectangular space, this movement is typically diagonal, such as in crossbelt and crosscourt."
- "."
- "e.g. crossfeed as the process of blending the left and right channels of a stereo recording, crossfader, cross-link"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Italic *kruks /*krukis Latin cruxbor. Old Irish crosbor. Old Norse krossbor. Old English cros Middle English cross Middle English cros- English cross- From Middle English cros-, crosse- (“relating to a cross, forming a cross, in the shape of a cross or x”), from the noun (see cross) and also from across.