crux
Betekenis (English)
- The basic, central, or essential point or feature.
- The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point.
- A puzzle or difficulty.
- The hardest point of a climb.
- A cross on a coat of arms.
Synonyms
crux of the matter
chief problem
essential point
important point
difficult problem
puzzling thing
the constellation of the Southern Cross
Extract
crucial point
Frekwensie
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”).
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