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[neon raptor]

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[fringe pier]

Pierre à croix is the "literal" translation
Croix de pierre is the actual translation
Croix à pierre doesn't really mean anything as far as I can think of. It sounds like a weird way to say it has a rock on it or like its purpose is for doing something to a rock?

"pierre à croix" also doesn't particularly mean anything, again sounds like a stone with crosses carved into it or for some purpose related to crosses, but doesn't mean much on its own

Again, just their literal translation

Only "croix de pierre" means "stone cross" of the 3 you mentioned

[grizzled scaffold]

so a croix de pierre would seem like a cross made of stone? rather than stone with crosses carved into it (because that's what un khatchkar is)

[fringe pier]

Ahhh ok, yeah, pierre à croix would work for a stone with crosses carved into it, and then I would assume they're clarifying that it's not a typo or mistranslation, that they really do intend to write it that way

[grizzled scaffold]

ok thank you merci 👍💪