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crochet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /kɹoʊˈʃeɪ/ (US)
  • /ˈkɹəʊʃeɪ/ (UK)
  • (US) audio

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.

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
crochets Number=Plur lexicographic
crotchet alternative, archaic lexicographic

Deriveds

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

Translations (37)

it croscè (needlework) · it uncinetto (needlework) · pt crochê (needlework) · ja 鉤針編み (needlework) · ga cróiseáil (needlework) · ga obair chróise (needlework) · es croché (needlework) · ja かぎ針編み (needlework) · ru вяза́ние (needlework) · bg плетене на една кука (needlework) · pt croché (needlework) · hu horgolás (needlework) · he סריג שנסרג במסרגה אחת (needlework) · pt crochet (needlework) · lt nėrimas (needlework) · fr crochet (needlework) · he קרושה (needlework) · de Häkelarbeit (needlework) · mk хекла (needlework) · pl szydełkowanie (needlework) · no hekle (needlework) · de Häkeln (needlework) · ga cróise (needlework) · da hækle (needlework) · ca ganxet (needlework) · pl kroszet (a certain crest of enamel on the molar teeth of some rhinoceroses) · es crochet (needlework) · nl haakwerk (needlework) · sv virkning (needlework) · mi tuimāwhai (needlework) · ru вяза́ние крючко́м (needlework) · cs háčkování (needlework) · es ganchillo (needlework) · cmn 鉤針編織 /钩针编织 (needlework) · fi virkkuutyö (needlework) · ar كُرُوشِيه (needlework) · hu horgolt kézimunka/csipke (needlework)

crochet en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /kɹoʊˈʃeɪ/ (US)
  • /ˈkɹəʊʃeɪ/ (UK)
  • (US) audio

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.

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
crocheting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
crotchet alternative, archaic lexicographic
crocheted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
crocheted Tense=Past lexicographic
crochets Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (29)

nl haken (to make needlework using a hooked needle) · mk хекла (to make needlework using a hooked needle) · fo hekkla (to make needlework using a hooked needle) · es ganchillear (to make needlework using a hooked needle) · ru вяза́ть крючко́м (to make needlework using a hooked needle) · sk háčkovať (to make needlework using a hooked needle) · ms mengait (to make needlework using a hooked needle) · is hekla (to make needlework using a hooked needle) · he סרג במסרגה אחת (to make needlework using a hooked needle) · he סרגה במסרגה אחת (to make needlework using a hooked needle) · fi virkata (to make needlework using a hooked needle) · eo kroĉtriki (to make needlework using a hooked needle) · hu horgol (to make needlework using a hooked needle) · cs háčkovat (to make needlework using a hooked needle) · lb heekelen (to make needlework using a hooked needle) · ca fer ganxet (to make needlework using a hooked needle) · da hækle (to make needlework using a hooked needle) · sv virka (to make needlework using a hooked needle) · pl szydełkować (to make needlework using a hooked needle) · pt fazer crochet/croché/crochê (to make needlework using a hooked needle) · eo hoktriki (to make needlework using a hooked needle) · de häkeln (to make needlework using a hooked needle) · pt crochetar (to make needlework using a hooked needle) · es crochetear (to make needlework using a hooked needle) · ru вяза́ть (to make needlework using a hooked needle) · ga cróiseáil (to make needlework using a hooked needle) · bg плета на една кука (to make needlework using a hooked needle) · no hekle (to make needlework using a hooked needle) · mi tuimāwhai (to make needlework using a hooked needle)