croche

See also: croché and crochê

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French croche, equivalent to English crochet (“hook”), croc (“hook”), from Frankish *krok (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *krukaz, *krōkaz (“something bent, hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, bend, wind”). Cognate with Old Norse krókr (“hook”).

Noun

croche (plural croches)

1. (obsolete) A little bud or knob at the top of a deer's antler, or as the predevelopmental stage of the antler.

References

• “croche”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French croche, from Old French croche, feminine form of croc (“hook”), from Frankish *krok (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *krukaz, *krōkaz (“something bent, hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, bend, wind”). Cognate with Old Norse krókr (“hook”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁɔʃ/

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Adjective

croche (plural croches)

1. (Canada, informal) hooked; curved
2. (Canada, informal) crooked; not straight as it should be
3. (Canada, informal) crooked; dishonest or of otherwise dubious morality

   Synonym: pas catholique

   • 1996, Chrystine Brouillet, C'est pour mieux t'aimer, mon enfant, →ISBN, page 79:

     T’a peut-être fait quelque chose de croche.

     Maybe you did something wrong.

Noun

croche f (plural croches)

1. (music) an eighth note or quaver

Derived terms

• double croche
• triple croche
• quadruple croche
• quintuple croche
• sextuple croche

Further reading

• “croche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• cocher

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

croche

1. Alternative form of crucche

Etymology 2

Noun

croche

1. Alternative form of crouche

Old French

Etymology

Feminine form of croc

Adjective

croche m (oblique and nominative feminine singular croche)

1. hooked; curved

   un nez croche

   a hooked nose

Declension

Declension of croche

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	croches	croche	croche
	Oblique	croche	croche	croche
Plural	Subject	croche	croches	croche
	Oblique	croches	croches	croche

Noun

croche ?

1. hook