crossing

English

The crossing of a cathedral

Alternative forms

• xing

Etymology

By surface analysis, cross +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɔsɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɒsɪŋ/, (dated) /ˈkɹɔːsɪŋ/)
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɑsɪŋ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɒsɪŋ, -ɔːsɪŋ

Noun

crossing (countable and uncountable, plural crossings)

1. Cross-breeding.
2. Opposition; thwarting.
3. An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.
   • 2019 October, “Newark crossing renewed”, in Modern Railways, page 23:

     The lynchpin of the work was replacement of the flat crossing at Newark, where the ECML crosses the Nottingham to Lincoln line, with this work taking place across the three days of the bank holiday weekend.

4. A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed.
5. The act by which terrain or a road etc. is crossed.
6. A voyage across a body of water.
7. (architecture) The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it.
8. Movement into a crossed position.
   • 1989, Stephen N. Tchudi, Diana D. Mitchell, Explorations in the Teaching of English, page 270:

     For example, experts in kinesics — body language — recognize that a person sends out hundreds of nonverbal signals — eyebrow twitches, frowns, leg crossings and uncrossings — every second while he or she is speaking and listening.

9. (graph theory) A pair of intersecting edges.
10. A pair of parallel lines printed on a cheque.
11. (sociolinguistics) The appropriation of a form of language by somebody who is not a member of the group that speaks it.

Derived terms

• backcrossing
• barrow crossing
• common crossing
• crossing guard
• crossing keeper
• crossing loop
• crossing-sweeper
• crossing time
• diamond crossing
• flat crossing
• grade crossing
• level crossing
• panda crossing
• pedestrian crossing
• pelican crossing
• puffin crossing
• railroad crossing
• railway crossing
• school crossing attendant
• scissors crossing
• scramble crossing
• toucan crossing
• train crossing
• undercrossing
• wallcrossing
• wildlife crossing
• zebra crossing

 

Translations

intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross

• Arabic: مَعْبَر m (maʕbar)
• Armenian: խաչմերուկ (hy) (xačʻmeruk)
• Belarusian: скрыжава́нне n (skryžavánnje), перасячэ́нне n (pjerasjačénnje)
• Bulgarian: преси́чане (bg) n (presíčane), пресе́чка (bg) f (preséčka)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 路口 (lou⁶ hau²)

  Mandarin: 路口 (zh) (lùkǒu)

• Cornish: treusva f
• Dutch: kruising (nl) f, kruispunt (nl) n
• Finnish: risteys (fi)
• French: carrefour (fr), croisement (fr)
• Galician: cruzamento (gl) m, intersección (gl) f
• German: Kreuzung (de) f
• Gujarati: ચોક (cōk)
• Hungarian: kereszteződés (hu), útkereszteződés (hu)
• Indonesian: persimpangan (id), persilangan (id)
• Italian: incrocio (it) m
• Japanese: 交差点 (ja) (kōsaten) (roads), 踏切 (ja) (fumikiri) (level crossing)
• Kazakh: жаяуларға арналған жол (jaäularğa arnalğan jol)
• Ligurian: croxêa
• Macedonian: раскрсница f (raskrsnica)
• Norwegian: kryss (no) n
• Polish: skrzyżowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: encruzilhada (pt) f, cruzamento (pt) m, intersecção (pt) f
• Romanian: traversare (ro) f
• Russian: перекрёсток (ru) m (perekrjóstok), пересече́ние (ru) n (peresečénije)
• Spanish: cruce (es) m, crucero (es) m (Mexico), intersección (es) f
• Swedish: korsning (sv) c
• Tagalog: tawiran (tl)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: перехре́стя n (perexréstja), пере́тин m (perétyn), перехре́щення n (perexréščennja), схре́щення n (sxréščennja), роздорі́жжя n (rozdorížžja), перехре́щування n (perexréščuvannja)

place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed

• Armenian: անցում (hy) (ancʻum)
• Belarusian: перае́зд m (pjerajézd), перапра́ва f (pjerapráva) (river), перахо́д m (pjeraxód) (pedestrian)
• Cornish: treusva f (general), treusva hyns horn f (railway crossing), treusva gerdhoryon f (pedestrian crossing)
• Dutch: overgang (nl) m
• Finnish: ylikulkupaikka
• Hungarian: (in general): átkelőhely (hu), (for pedestrians): gyalogátkelő, gyalogos-átkelőhely (hu), kijelölt gyalogátkelőhely, (for a railroad): vasúti átjáró
• Irish: trasbhealach m, trasrian m, crosaire m
• Macedonian: премин m (premin)
• Portuguese: cruzamento (pt) m
• Romanian: trecere (ro) f
• Russian: перее́зд (ru) m (perejézd), перепра́ва (ru) f (perepráva) (river), перехо́д (ru) m (perexód) (pedestrian)
• Spanish: cruce (es) m, (pedestrian) cruce peatonal, (watercourse) vado (es)
• Swedish: övergångsställe (sv) n
• Tagalog: tawiran (tl)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: пере́їзд m (peréjizd), перепра́ва f (perepráva) (river), перехі́д m (perexíd) (pedestrian),

voyage across a body of water

• Belarusian: перапра́ва f (pjerapráva)
• Bulgarian: преси́чане (bg) n (presíčane)
• Dutch: oversteek (nl) m
• Finnish: ylittäminen (fi), ylitys (fi)
• French: traversée (fr)
• German: Überfahrt (de) f
• Hungarian: átkelés (hu)
• Italian: traversata (it) f
• Macedonian: премин m (premin)
• Maori: whitianga
• Norman: travèrsée f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: overfart m

  Nynorsk: overfart m

• Portuguese: singradura f
• Romanian: traversare (ro) f
• Russian: перепра́ва (ru) f (perepráva)
• Ukrainian: перепра́ва f (perepráva)

architecture: volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church

• Catalan: creuer (ca) m
• Czech: křížení n
• Hungarian: négyezet (hu)
• Macedonian: крстиште n (krstište)
• Russian: средокре́стие n (sredokréstije)
• Spanish: crucero (es) m
• Ukrainian: середохре́стя n (seredoxréstja)

graph theory

• Italian: incrocio (it) m

Adjective

crossing (not comparable)

1. (rare) Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction.

Verb

crossing

1. present participle and gerund of cross

References

• “crossing”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

Anagrams

• scorings, scorsing