croquet

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Norman croquet (“hook”), from Old Northern French croquet. Doublet of crochet, crocket, and crotchet.

Pronunciation edit

(UK) enPR: krō'kā, IPA^(key): /ˈkɹəʊkeɪ/, /ˈkɹəʊki/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(US) enPR: krōkā', IPA^(key): /kɹoʊˈkeɪ/

Noun edit

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croquet

Wikipedia

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.
(countable) A croquette.

Derived terms edit

Derived terms

Descendants edit

→ Portuguese: cróquete, croquet

Translations edit

game

Catalan: argolla (ca) f, croquet m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 槌球 (zh) (chuíqiú)
Estonian: kroket
Finnish: kroketti (fi)
French: croquet (fr) m
German: Croquet n, Crocket n, Krocket (de) n
Japanese: クロッケー (kurokē), クロケット (kuroketto)
Macedonian: кроке́т m (krokét)
Portuguese: cróquete (pt) m
Russian: кроке́т (ru) m (krokét)
Swedish: krocket (sv) c

shot

Finnish: krokkaus
Macedonian: кроке́т m (krokét), крокетирање n (kroketiranje)
Swedish: krockering c

croquette — see croquette

Verb edit

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.