Crossroads — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a community of people smaller than a village

a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹˈɔsɹoʊdz/

🇬🇧British English

/kɹˈɒsɹəʊdz/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kɹˈɒsɹəʊdz/

2 syllables Say it as /kɹˈɔsɹoʊdz/.

Examples

at that juncture he had no idea what to do
he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point
Freud's work stands at the crossroads between psychology and neurology

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

crossway crossroad critical point hamlet intersection crossing carrefour juncture

Parts of Speech

noun	a community of people smaller than a village
noun	a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made “at that juncture he had no idea what to do”
noun	a point where a choice must be made “Freud's work stands at the crossroads between psychology and neurology”
noun	a junction where one street or road crosses another

Word Forms

cross

verb

meet at a point

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Kreuzung

eine Gemeinschaft von Menschen, die kleiner als ein Dorf ist

🇫🇷French

carrefour

une communauté de personnes plus petite qu'un village

🇪🇸Spanish

encrucijada

una comunidad de personas más pequeña que una aldea

🇮🇹Italian

crocevia

una comunità di persone più piccola di un villaggio

🇳🇱Dutch

kruispunt

een gemeenschap van mensen kleiner dan een dorp

🇵🇹Portuguese

encruzilhada

uma comunidade de pessoas menor que uma aldeia

🇷🇺Russian

перекресток

сообщество людей размером меньше деревни

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चौराहा

एक गाँव से भी छोटा लोगों का समुदाय

🇧🇩Bengali

চৌরাস্তা

একটি গ্রামের চেয়ে ছোট মানুষের একটি সম্প্রদায়

🇮🇳Tamil

குறுக்கு வழி

ஒரு கிராமத்தை விட சிறிய மக்கள் சமூகம்

🇮🇳Telugu

కూడలి

ఒక గ్రామం కంటే చిన్న వ్యక్తుల సంఘం

🇮🇳Marathi

क्रॉसरोड

गावापेक्षा लहान लोकांचा समुदाय

🇮🇳Gujarati

ક્રોસરોડ્સ

ગામ કરતા નાના લોકોનો સમુદાય

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಡ್ಡಹಾದಿ

ಹಳ್ಳಿಗಿಂತ ಚಿಕ್ಕ ಜನರ ಸಮುದಾಯ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ക്രോസ്റോഡുകൾ

ഒരു ഗ്രാമത്തേക്കാൾ ചെറിയ ആളുകളുടെ ഒരു സമൂഹം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਚੌਰਾਹੇ

ਇੱਕ ਪਿੰਡ ਨਾਲੋਂ ਛੋਟੇ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦਾ ਸਮੂਹ

🇵🇰Urdu

چوراہے

گاؤں سے چھوٹے لوگوں کی جماعت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

十字路口

比村庄还小的人们组成的社区

🇯🇵Japanese

交差点

村よりも小さな人々のコミュニティ

🇰🇷Korean

교차로

마을보다 작은 사람들의 공동체

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ngã tư

một cộng đồng người nhỏ hơn một ngôi làng

🇹🇭Thai

ทางแยก

ชุมชนที่มีขนาดเล็กกว่าหมู่บ้าน

🇮🇩Indonesian

persimpangan

komunitas orang-orang yang lebih kecil dari desa

🇵🇭Filipino

sangang-daan

isang komunidad ng mga tao na mas maliit kaysa sa isang nayon

🇲🇾Malay

persimpangan jalan

komuniti orang yang lebih kecil daripada kampung

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مفترق طرق

مجتمع من الناس أصغر من قرية

🇮🇷Persian

چهارراه

جامعه ای از مردم کوچکتر از یک روستا

🇹🇷Turkish

kavşak

köyden daha küçük insanlardan oluşan bir topluluk

🇮🇱Hebrew

פָּרָשַׁת דְרָכִים

קהילה של אנשים קטנה מכפר

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