crux

Betekenis (English)

  1. The basic, central, or essential point or feature.
  2. The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point.
  3. A puzzle or difficulty.
  4. The hardest point of a climb.
  5. A cross on a coat of arms.

Frekwensie

41k
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/kɹʌks/
Etimologie (English)

From Latin crux (“cross, wooden frame for execution”), possibly from the Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, to bend”). Doublet of cross and crouch (“cross”).

Boekmerk dit

Verbeter jou uitspraak

Skryf hierdie woord

Engels

Start learning Engels with learnfeliz.

Practice speaking and memorizing "crux" and many other words and sentences in Engels.

Go to our Engels course page

Notes

Sign in to write sticky notes