cruciform - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Latin crux (“cross”) + -iform.
cruciform
- Having the shape of a cross.
- Synonyms: cross-shaped, cruciate
having the shape of a cross
- Arabic: صَلِيبِيّ (ṣalībiyy)
- Bulgarian: кръстовиден (krǎstoviden)
- Catalan: cruciforme (ca)
- Chinese:
- Dutch: kruisvormig (nl)
- Esperanto: krucoforma
- Finnish: ristinmuotoinen
- French: cruciforme (fr)
- Greek: σταυροειδής (el) (stavroeidís)
- Irish: crosdealbhach
- Italian: crociato (it), cruciforme (it)
- Mongolian: загалмай (mn) (zagalmaj)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: korsformet
- Polish: krzyżowy (pl)
- Portuguese: cruciforme
- Russian: крестообразный (ru) (krestoobraznyj), крестовидный (ru) (krestovidnyj)
- Swedish: korsformig (sv)
- Turkish: haçvari (tr)
cruciform (plural cruciforms)
- (genetics) A cross shape in DNA; a Holliday junction.
- Any emblem in the shape of a cross.
2005, New Scientist, volumes 187-188, page 72:
Michael Eaton has discovered that if you visit its websites you will be warned: "Royal Mail, the Royal Mail Cruciform and the colour red are registered trademarks of Royal Mail Group plc."
Borrowed from French cruciforme.
cruciform m or n (feminine singular cruciformă, masculine plural cruciformi, feminine and neuter plural cruciforme)