crochet

== English == === 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/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɹəʊʃeɪ/ Rhymes: -eɪ === Noun === crochet (countable and uncountable, plural crochets) (sewing) A form of needlework that is made by looping thread with a hooked needle. (zoology) 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) (ambitransitive) 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 === IPA(key): /kʁɔ.ʃɛ/ === Noun === crochet m (plural crochets) hook (rod bent into a curved shape) (typography) square bracket fang (of snake) (architecture) crocket crochet (boxing) hook un crochet du droit ― a right hook (soccer, rugby) sidestep detour ==== Derived terms ==== au crochet de crocheter vivre aux crochets de ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “crochet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Alternative forms === crochat, crochett === Etymology === From Old French crochet; doublet of croket. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /krɔˈt͡ʃɛt/, /ˈkrɔt͡ʃɛt/ === Noun === crochet (plural crochettes) hook, crook hooked staff crotchet (musical note) (rare) crocket ==== Descendants ==== English: crotchet ==== References ==== “crochet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Norman == === Noun === crochet m (uncountable) alternative form of crachet == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French crochet. Doublet of colchete. === Pronunciation === === Noun === crochet m (plural crochets) alternative form of crochê === Further reading === “crochet”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French croquet. === Noun === crochet n (uncountable) croquet ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɾoˈt͡ʃet/ [kɾoˈt͡ʃet̪] Rhymes: -et IPA(key): /kɾoˈt͡ʃe/ [kɾoˈt͡ʃe] Rhymes: -e Syllabification: cro‧chet === Noun === crochet m (uncountable) alternative form of croché (architecture) crocket