crochet

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English

Crocheting a round shape
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Etymology

From French crochet, from Middle French crochet, from Old French crochet, crokét (curved instrument, hook), diminutive of Old French croc (hook), from Old Frankish *krōk (hook) or from Old Norse krókr (hook, bend, bight), both from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (hook), from Proto-Indo-European *gerg- (tracery, basket, twist). Cognate with Middle English crōc (crook, hook), Middle Dutch croec, crōc (curl). Doublet of crocket, croquet, and crotchet. More at crook, crooked.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /kɹoʊˈʃeɪ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

crochet (plural crochets)

  1. Needlework made by looping thread with a hooked needle.
  2. A certain crest of enamel on the molar teeth of some rhinoceroses.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

crochet (third-person singular simple present crochets, present participle crocheting, simple past and past participle crocheted)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make (a piece of) needlework using a hooked needle; to make interlocking loops of thread.

Translations

French

Etymology

From croc +‎ -et with palatalization.

Pronunciation

Noun

crochet m (plural crochets)

  1. hook (rod bent into a curved shape)
  2. (typography) square bracket
  3. fang (of snake)
  4. (architecture) crocket
  5. crochet
  6. (boxing) hook
  7. (soccer, rugby) sidestep
  8. detour

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: crochet
  • Portuguese: colchete (hook, bracket)
  • Portuguese: crochê (crochet), croché, crochet (unadapted form)
  • Spanish: corchete
  • Turkish: kroşe

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French crochet; doublet of croket.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krɔˈt͡ʃɛt/, /ˈkrɔt͡ʃɛt/

Noun

crochet (plural crochettes)

  1. hook, crook
  2. hooked staff
  3. crotchet (musical note)
  4. (rare) crocket

Descendants

References

Norman

Noun

crochet m (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of crachet

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French crochet. Doublet of colchete.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

crochet m (plural crochets)

  1. Alternative form of crochê

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French croquet.

Noun

crochet n (uncountable)

  1. croquet

Declension

Spanish

Noun

crochet m (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of croché
  2. (architecture) crocket