Croiser (en. Cross)

/kʁwaze/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

verb

To meet someone by chance.

I ran into him on the street.

Je l'ai croisé dans la rue.

To work in mutual interaction.

The paths can intersect each other.

Les chemins peuvent croiser les uns les autres.

To crucify.

He crossed his arms.

Il a croisé les bras.

From the Latin 'cruciare', which means to crucify.

to cross swords

To engage in a fight or dispute.

croiser le fer

to fold one's arms

To not act, to remain inactive.

se croiser les bras

to cross one's fingers

To hope for something positively.

croiser les doigts

intersection

The action of crossing.

croisement

to clash

To strike one against the other, as in crossing objects.

entrechoquer

to intersect

To cut lines, to meet at one point.

intersecter

To see someone by chance.

I ran into him at the café yesterday.

Je l'ai croisé dans le café hier.

To cross paths in a social context.

We often run into each other at parties.

On se croise souvent aux soirées.