croisade

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French croisade c. 1575. === Noun === croisade (plural croisades) (obsolete) A crusade; a holy war. === References === “croisade”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === ice roads, idocrase, radicose == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French croisade (15th century), as it were crois + the suffix -ade. The change in suffix from Old French croisement, croiserie, croisée, is influenced by Old Occitan crozada (13th century) and Old Spanish cruzada (14th century), both reflecting Latin cruciāta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʁwa.zad/ === Noun === croisade f (plural croisades) crusade ==== Related terms ==== croiser croix === Further reading === “croisade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === coderais, décorais == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French croisade, from crois. === Noun === croisade f (plural croisades) crusade (holy war against infidels) ==== Descendants ==== French: croisade