Crochet - Wiktionary

See also: Crochet

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:crochetWikipedia

Alternative forms

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• crotchet (archaic)

Etymology

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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

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• (US) IPA(key): /kɹoʊˈʃeɪ/
• (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɹəʊʃeɪ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪ

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Noun

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crochet (plural crochets)

1. (sewing) A form of needlework that is made by looping thread with a hooked needle.
2. (zoology) A certain crest of enamel on the molar teeth of some rhinoceroses.

Derived terms

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

Translations

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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 (hu), 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) Lithuanian: nėrimas m Macedonian: хекла (hekla) Maori: tuimāwhai Norwegian: hekle Polish: szydełkowanie (pl) n Portuguese: crochet (pt) 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) Spanish: ganchillo (es) m, croché (es) m, crochet (es) m Swedish: virkning (sv) c

a certain crest of enamel on the molar teeth of some rhinoceroses

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can

Verb

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

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

Translations

[edit] to make needlework using a hooked needle

Bulgarian: плета на една кука (pleta na edna kuka) Catalan: fer ganxet Czech: háčkovat (cs) impf Danish: hækle Dutch: haken (nl) Esperanto: hoktriki, kroĉtriki Faroese: hekkla 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) Malay: mengait Maori: tuimāwhai Norwegian: hekle Polish: szydełkować (pl) Portuguese: fazer crochet/croché/crochê, crochetar Russian: вяза́ть крючко́м impf (vjazátʹ krjučkóm), вяза́ть (ru) impf (vjazátʹ) Slovak: háčkovať Spanish: ganchillear, crochetear Swedish: virka (sv)

French

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Etymology

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From croc +‎ -et with palatalization.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /kʁɔ.ʃɛ/

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Noun

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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

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• au crochet de
• crocheter
• vivre aux crochets de

Descendants

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• → English: crochet
• → Portuguese: colchete (“hook, bracket”)
• → Portuguese: crochê (“crochet”), croché, crochet (unadapted form)
• → Spanish: corchete
• → Turkish: kroşe
• → Tarifit: akruci (“fork hoe”)
• → Senhaja de Srair: akruci (“fork hoe”)

Further reading

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

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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• crochat, crochett

Etymology

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From Old French crochet; doublet of croket.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /krɔˈt͡ʃɛt/, /ˈkrɔt͡ʃɛt/

Noun

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crochet (plural crochettes)

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

Descendants

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• English: crotchet

References

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

Norman

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Noun

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crochet m (uncountable)

1. alternative form of crachet

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French crochet. Doublet of colchete.

Pronunciation

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• (Brazil) IPA(key): /kɾoˈʃe/

 

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

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɾɔˈʃe/, /kɾɔˈʃɛ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɾɔˈt͡ʃe/, /kɾɔˈt͡ʃɛ/

Noun

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crochet m (plural crochets)

1. alternative form of crochê

Further reading

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• “crochet”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French croquet.

Noun

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crochet n (uncountable)

1. croquet

Declension

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singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	crochet	crochetul
genitive-dative	crochet	crochetului
vocative	crochetule

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /kɾoˈt͡ʃet/ [kɾoˈt͡ʃet̪]
  • Rhymes: -et
• IPA(key): /kɾoˈt͡ʃe/ [kɾoˈt͡ʃe]
  • Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: cro‧chet

Noun

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crochet m (uncountable)

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