Translation for 'Crux' from English to French

crux

point {m} essentiel

nœud {m} [point essentiel]

Crux [Southern Cross]

La Croix {f} du Sudastron.

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crux of the matter

fond {m} du problème

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That's the crux of the matter. [idiom]

C'est là que gît le lièvre. [loc.]

C'est là que gît la difficulté. [loc.]

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the crux of the matter

l'essentiel {m}

• In 2003 an offshore terminal was mooted as a solution to the Corrib gas planning crux.
• Also of prehistoric age are numerous variants of the simple cross mark, including the "crux gammata" with curving or angular lines, and the Egyptian "crux ansata" with a loop.
• At times the gibbet was only one vertical stake, called in Latin "crux simplex".
• bouldering crux move, for which the climber slaps right for a slopey crimp, then to a large pinch, and then an undercut crimp.
• What happens next is the crux of the story.

• Lipsius distinguished two types of the transom-less "crux simplex": the "crux simplex ad affixionem" to which the victim was attached and left to die, and the "crux simplex ad infixionem" with which to impale him.
• In planning a route it is important to know how far it is before the crux is reached, because cruces (or cruxes), can only be overcome with sufficient reserves of strength.
• What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
• From there a long V13 (8b) crux sequence through a roof awaits.
• "Tetragonoderus crux" is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae.