croquet
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Norman croquet (“hook”), from Old Northern French croquet. Doublet of crochet, crocket, and crotchet.
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: krō'kā, IPA(key): /ˈkɹəʊkeɪ/, /ˈkɹəʊki/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) enPR: krōkā', IPA(key): /kɹoʊˈkeɪ/
Noun
croquet (countable and uncountable, plural croquets)
- (uncountable, games) A game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets).
- (countable, games) A shot in this game in which the striker's ball and another ball are moved by hitting the striker's ball when they have been placed in contact following a roquet.
- (countable) A croquette.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Portuguese: cróquete, croquet (proscribed)
Translations
game
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shot
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croquette — see croquette
Verb
croquet (third-person singular simple present croquets, present participle croqueting, simple past and past participle croqueted)
- (transitive, games) To play a shot in the game of croquet in which the striker's ball and another ball are moved by hitting the striker's ball when they have been placed in contact following a roquet.
Translations
to drive one's opponent's ball by own ball
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from English croquet.
Pronunciation
Noun
croquet m (plural croquets)
Further reading
- “croquet” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “croquet”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “croquet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
croquet f (plural croquetten, diminutive croquetje n)
Usage notes
- The spelling croquet was deprecated in 1996 in the new Groene Boekje (“Little Green Book”) spelling reform.
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
croquet m (plural croquets)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English croquet, from Norman croquet (“hook”), from Old Northern French croquet. Doublet of crochet.
Noun
croquet m (plural croquets)
Further reading
- “croquet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.