crochet
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Etymology edit
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.
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Noun edit
crochet (plural crochets)
- Needlework made by looping thread with a hooked needle.
- A certain crest of enamel on the molar teeth of some rhinoceroses.
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Verb edit
crochet (third-person singular simple present crochets, present participle crocheting, simple past and past participle crocheted)
- (transitive, intransitive) To make (a piece of) needlework using a hooked needle; to make interlocking loops of thread.
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French edit
Etymology edit
From croc + -et with palatalization.
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Noun edit
crochet m (plural crochets)
- hook (rod bent into a curved shape)
- (typography) square bracket
- fang (of snake)
- (architecture) crocket
- crochet
- (boxing) hook
- (soccer, rugby) sidestep
- detour
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Further reading edit
- “crochet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English edit
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Etymology edit
From Old French crochet; doublet of croket.
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crochet (plural crochettes)
Descendants edit
- English: crotchet
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- “crochet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norman edit
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crochet m (uncountable)
- Alternative form of crachet
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French crochet. Doublet of colchete.
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crochet m (plural crochets)
- Alternative form of crochê
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crochet n (uncountable)
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singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) crochet | crochetul |
genitive/dative | (unui) crochet | crochetului |
vocative | crochetule |
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crochet m (uncountable)
- Alternative form of croché
- (architecture) crocket