croquet

== English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Norman croquet (“hook”), from Old Northern French croquet. Doublet of crochet, crocket, and crotchet. ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) enPR: krō'kā, krō'kē, (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɹəʊkeɪ/, (dated) /ˈkɹəʊki/ (US) enPR: krōkā', (General American) 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. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Portuguese: cróquete, croquet (proscribed) ===== Translations ===== ==== 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 ===== === Etymology 2 === See croquette. ==== Noun ==== croquet (plural croquets) (countable) Alternative spelling of croquette. === References === == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from English croquet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [kɾuˈke̞t] IPA(key): (Balearic) unknown IPA(key): (Central) [kɾuˈkɛt] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [kɾoˈket] === Noun === croquet m (plural croquets) croquet === Further reading === Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “croquet”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) “croquet”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “croquet”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kroːˈkɛt/ Hyphenation: cro‧quet Rhymes: -ɛt === Noun === croquet f (plural croquetten, diminutive croquetje n) superseded spelling of kroket ==== Usage notes ==== The spelling croquet was deprecated in 1996 in the new Groene Boekje (“Little Green Book”) spelling reform. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʁɔ.kɛ/ === Etymology 1 === From croquer +‎ -et. ==== Noun ==== croquet m (plural croquets) croquette === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English croquet, from Norman croquet (“hook”), from Old Northern French croquet. Doublet of crochet. ==== Noun ==== croquet m (plural croquets) (sports) croquet === Further reading === “croquet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012