# lacrosse
## English
### Alternative forms

* lax (informal)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Canadian French la crosse (“the stick”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ləˈkɹɒs/
* (General American) IPA: /ləˈkɹɔs/
* (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ləˈkɹɑs/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

lacrosse (uncountable)
* (sports) A sport played on a field between two opposing teams using sticks (crosses) and a ball, whereby one team defeats the other by scoring more goals within the allotted time.
** 2001, Alan G. Launder, Play Practice: The Games Approach to Teaching and Coaching Sports:The great invasion games of basketball, field and ice hockey, lacrosse and the varied football codes seem to provide an immense attraction for all ages, and billions of people around the world play and watch these sports.
** 2007 September 16, Jeffrey Rosen, “Wrongly Accused”, in The New York Times‎:After the accuser proved unable to identify her assailants during two photo lineups, Nifong told the police to give her a third chance, showing her pictures only of the 46 white lacrosse players without any pictures of “fillers,” or nonsuspects.

#### Derived terms

* box lacrosse
* field lacrosse
* FIL
* indoor lacrosse
* lacrosse ball
* lacrosse helmet
* lacrosse player
* lacrosse stick

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Alcosers, escolars, solacers

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Canadian French la crosse (“the stick”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ləˈkɾɔs]
* IPA: (Valencia) [laˈkɾɔs]

### Noun

lacrosse m (uncountable)
* (sports) lacrosse

#### References

* lacrosse on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{ca}$

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Canadian French la crosse (“the stick”).

### Noun

lacrosse
* (sports) lacrosse

#### References

* lacrosse on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Canadian French la crosse (“the stick”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: la‧cros‧se

### Noun

lacrosse n (uncountable)
* (sports) lacrosse

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Canadian French la crosse (“the stick”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɑkros/, [ˈlɑ̝kro̞s̠]
* Rhymes: -ɑkros

### Noun

lacrosse
* (sports) lacrosse

#### Declension

Possessive forms of lacrosse (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lacrosseni
lacrosseni
accusative
nom.
lacrosseni
lacrosseni
gen.
lacrosseni
genitive
lacrosseni
lacrossejeni lacrosseini $^{rare}$
partitive
lacrosseani
lacrossejani
inessive
lacrossessani
lacrosseissani
elative
lacrossestani
lacrosseistani
illative
lacrosseeni
lacrosseihini
adessive
lacrossellani
lacrosseillani
ablative
lacrosseltani
lacrosseiltani
allative
lacrosselleni
lacrosseilleni
essive
lacrossenani
lacrosseinani
translative
lacrossekseni
lacrosseikseni
abessive
lacrossettani
lacrosseittani
instructive
comitative
—lacrosseineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lacrossesi
lacrossesi
accusative
nom.
lacrossesi
lacrossesi
gen.
lacrossesi
genitive
lacrossesi
lacrossejesi lacrosseisi $^{rare}$
partitive
lacrosseasi
lacrossejasi
inessive
lacrossessasi
lacrosseissasi
elative
lacrossestasi
lacrosseistasi
illative
lacrosseesi
lacrosseihisi
adessive
lacrossellasi
lacrosseillasi
ablative
lacrosseltasi
lacrosseiltasi
allative
lacrossellesi
lacrosseillesi
essive
lacrossenasi
lacrosseinasi
translative
lacrosseksesi
lacrosseiksesi
abessive
lacrossettasi
lacrosseittasi
instructive
comitative
—lacrosseinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lacrossemme
lacrossemme
accusative
nom.
lacrossemme
lacrossemme
gen.
lacrossemme
genitive
lacrossemme
lacrossejemme lacrosseimme $^{rare}$
partitive
lacrosseamme
lacrossejamme
inessive
lacrossessamme
lacrosseissamme
elative
lacrossestamme
lacrosseistamme
illative
lacrosseemme
lacrosseihimme
adessive
lacrossellamme
lacrosseillamme
ablative
lacrosseltamme
lacrosseiltamme
allative
lacrossellemme
lacrosseillemme
essive
lacrossenamme
lacrosseinamme
translative
lacrosseksemme
lacrosseiksemme
abessive
lacrossettamme
lacrosseittamme
instructive
comitative
—lacrosseinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lacrossenne
lacrossenne
accusative
nom.
lacrossenne
lacrossenne
gen.
lacrossenne
genitive
lacrossenne
lacrossejenne lacrosseinne $^{rare}$
partitive
lacrosseanne
lacrossejanne
inessive
lacrossessanne
lacrosseissanne
elative
lacrossestanne
lacrosseistanne
illative
lacrosseenne
lacrosseihinne
adessive
lacrossellanne
lacrosseillanne
ablative
lacrosseltanne
lacrosseiltanne
allative
lacrossellenne
lacrosseillenne
essive
lacrossenanne
lacrosseinanne
translative
lacrosseksenne
lacrosseiksenne
abessive
lacrossettanne
lacrosseittanne
instructive
comitative
—lacrosseinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lacrossensa
lacrossensa
accusative
nom.
lacrossensa
lacrossensa
gen.
lacrossensa
genitive
lacrossensa
lacrossejensa lacrosseinsa $^{rare}$
partitive
lacrosseaan lacrosseansa
lacrossejaan lacrossejansa
inessive
lacrossessaan lacrossessansa
lacrosseissaan lacrosseissansa
elative
lacrossestaan lacrossestansa
lacrosseistaan lacrosseistansa
illative
lacrosseensa
lacrosseihinsa
adessive
lacrossellaan lacrossellansa
lacrosseillaan lacrosseillansa
ablative
lacrosseltaan lacrosseltansa
lacrosseiltaan lacrosseiltansa
allative
lacrosselleen lacrossellensa
lacrosseilleen lacrosseillensa
essive
lacrossenaan lacrossenansa
lacrosseinaan lacrosseinansa
translative
lacrossekseen lacrosseksensa
lacrosseikseen lacrosseiksensa
abessive
lacrossettaan lacrossettansa
lacrosseittaan lacrosseittansa
instructive
comitative
—lacrosseineen lacrosseinensa :

#### Synonyms

* haavipallo

### Further reading

* “lacrosse”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Etymology

From la +‎ crosse.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /la.kʁɔs/

### Noun

lacrosse m (uncountable)
* (sports) lacrosse; Synonym of crosse f
    Synonym: crosse f

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English lacrosse, from Canadian French crosse.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laˈkrɔs/$^*$
* Rhymes: -ɔs

### Noun

lacrosse m (uncountable)
* (sports) lacrosse

### Further reading

* lacrosse in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* lacrosse on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{it}$

### Anagrams

* classerò, sclerosa

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Borrowed from Canadian French la crosse (“the stick”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɑˈkrɔs/
* Rhymes: -ɔs

### Noun

lacrosse m
* (sports) lacrosse

### References

* lacrosse on the Norwegian Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{no}$

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Borrowed from Canadian French la crosse (“the stick”).

### Noun

lacrosse m
* (sports) lacrosse

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Canadian French la crosse (“the stick”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laˈkrɔs/
* Rhymes: -ɔs
* Syllabification: la‧crosse

### Noun

lacrosse n (indeclinable)
* (sports) lacrosse

### Further reading

* lacrosse in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Canadian French la crosse (“the stick”).

### Noun

lacrosse m (uncountable)
* (sports) lacrosse

#### References

* lacrosse on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{pt}$

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

Borrowed from Canadian French la crosse (“the stick”).

### Noun

lacrosse ?
* lacrosse

#### References

* lacrosse on the Scottish Gaelic Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{gd}$

## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Canadian French la crosse (“the stick”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laˈkɾos/ [laˈkɾos]
* Rhymes: -os

### Noun

lacrosse m (uncountable)
* (sports) lacrosse

#### References

* lacrosse on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{es}$

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Canadian French la crosse (“the stick”).

### Noun

lacrosse c
* (sports) lacrosse

#### References

* lacrosse on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{sv}$