crochet

crochet

See also: Crochet

English

Crocheting a round shape

Alternative forms

• crotchet (archaic)

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)

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• 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

• antecrochet
• crocheter
• crochet hook
• crochetlike
• crochetwork
• magnetic crochet

 

Translations

needlework

Arabic: كُرُوشِيه‎ (kurūšīh) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: плетене на една кука (pletene na edna kuka) Catalan: ganxet (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 鉤針編織／钩针编织 (gōuzhēn biānzhī) Czech: háčkování (cs) n Danish: hækle Dutch: haakwerk (nl) n Finnish: virkkuutyö French: crochet (fr) m Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Häkelarbeit f, Häkeln n Hebrew: קרושה‎, סריג שנסרג במסרגה אחת‎ Hungarian: horgolás, horgolt kézimunka/csipke Irish: cróise f, cróiseáil f, obair chróise f Italian: uncinetto (it) m, croscè m Japanese: 鉤針編み (かぎばりあみ, kagibari ami), かぎ針編み (かぎばりあみ, kagibari ami) Macedonian: хекла (hekla) Maori: tuimāwhai Norwegian: hekle Polish: robota szydełkowa f Portuguese: crochet m, croché (pt) m, crochê (pt) m Romagnol: please add this translation if you can Russian: вяза́ние крючко́м n (vjazánije krjučkóm), вяза́ние (ru) n (vjazánije) Swedish: virkning (sv) c

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

to make needlework using a hooked needle

Bulgarian: плета на една кука (pleta na edna kuka) Catalan: fer ganxet Czech: háčkovat (cs) impf Dutch: haken (nl) Esperanto: hoktriki, kroĉtriki Finnish: virkata (fi) German: häkeln (de) Hebrew: סרג במסרגה אחת‎ m, סרגה במסרגה אחת‎ f Hungarian: horgol (hu) Icelandic: hekla Irish: cróiseáil Luxembourgish: heekelen (lb) Macedonian: хекла (hekla) Maori: tuimāwhai Polish: szydełkować (pl) Portuguese: fazer crochet/croché/crochê, crochetar Russian: вяза́ть крючко́м impf (vjazátʹ krjučkóm), вяза́ть (ru) impf (vjazátʹ) Swedish: virka (sv)

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French

Etymology

From croc +‎ -et with palatalization.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁɔ.ʃɛ/

• Audio

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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

• au crochet de
• crocheter
• vivre aux crochets de

Descendants

Descendants

• → English: crochet
• → Portuguese: colchete, → crochet, crochê, croché
• → Spanish: corchete
• → Turkish: kroşe

Further reading

• “crochet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• crochat, crochett

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

• English: crotchet

References

• “crochet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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Norman

Noun

crochet m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of crachet

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• crochê, croché

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French crochet. Doublet of colchete.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾoˈʃe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾɔˈʃe/, /kɾɔˈʃɛ/

Noun

crochet m (plural crochets)

1. (sewing) crochet (needlework made by looping thread)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French croquet.

Noun

crochet n (uncountable)

1. croquet

Declension

declension of crochet (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) crochet	crochetul
genitive/dative	(unui) crochet	crochetului
vocative	crochetule

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Spanish

Noun

crochet m (uncountable)

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