crochet

See also: Crochet

English

Crocheting a round shape

Alternative forms

• crotchet (archaic)

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.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /kɹoʊˈʃeɪ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹəʊʃeɪ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪ

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Noun

crochet (plural crochets)

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

Derived terms

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

Translations

needlework

• Arabic: كُرُوشِيه (kurūšīh)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: плетене на една кука (pletene na edna kuka)
• Catalan: ganxet (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鉤針編織 / 钩针编织 (gōuzhēn biānzhī)

• Czech: háčkování (cs) n
• Danish: hækle
• Dutch: haakwerk (nl) n
• Finnish: virkkuutyö
• French: crochet (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Häkelarbeit f, Häkeln n
• Hebrew: קרושה, סריג שנסרג במסרגה אחת
• Hungarian: horgolás (hu), horgolt kézimunka/csipke
• Irish: cróise f, cróiseáil f, obair chróise f
• Italian: uncinetto (it) m, croscè m
• Japanese: 鉤針編み (かぎばりあみ, kagibari ami), かぎ針編み (かぎばりあみ, kagibari ami)
• Lithuanian: nėrimas m
• Macedonian: хекла (hekla)
• Maori: tuimāwhai
• Norwegian: hekle
• Polish: szydełkowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: crochet m, croché (pt) m, crochê (pt) m
• Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: вяза́ние крючко́м n (vjazánije krjučkóm), вяза́ние (ru) n (vjazánije)
• Spanish: ganchillo m, croché m, crochet (es) m
• Swedish: virkning (sv) c

a certain crest of enamel on the molar teeth of some rhinoceroses

Verb

crochet (third-person singular simple present crochets, present participle crocheting, simple past and past participle crocheted)

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

Translations

to make needlework using a hooked needle

• Bulgarian: плета на една кука (pleta na edna kuka)
• Catalan: fer ganxet
• Czech: háčkovat (cs) impf
• Danish: hækle
• Dutch: haken (nl)
• Esperanto: hoktriki, kroĉtriki
• Finnish: virkata (fi)
• German: häkeln (de)
• Hebrew: סרג במסרגה אחת m, סרגה במסרגה אחת f
• Hungarian: horgol (hu)
• Icelandic: hekla
• Irish: cróiseáil
• Luxembourgish: heekelen (lb)
• Macedonian: хекла (hekla)
• Maori: tuimāwhai
• Polish: szydełkować (pl)
• Portuguese: fazer crochet/croché/crochê, crochetar
• Russian: вяза́ть крючко́м impf (vjazátʹ krjučkóm), вяза́ть (ru) impf (vjazátʹ)
• Slovak: háčkovať
• Spanish: ganchillear, crochetear
• Swedish: virka (sv)

French

Etymology

From croc +‎ -et with palatalization.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁɔ.ʃɛ/

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Noun

crochet m (plural crochets)

1. hook (rod bent into a curved shape)
2. (typography) square bracket
3. fang (of snake)
4. (architecture) crocket
5. crochet
6. (boxing) hook
7. (soccer, rugby) sidestep
8. detour

Derived terms

• au crochet de
• crocheter
• vivre aux crochets de

Descendants

• → English: crochet
• → Portuguese: colchete (“hook, bracket”)
• → Portuguese: crochê (“crochet”), croché, crochet (unadapted form)
• → Spanish: corchete
• → Turkish: kroşe

Further reading

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• crochat, crochett

Etymology

From Old French crochet; doublet of croket.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krɔˈt͡ʃɛt/, /ˈkrɔt͡ʃɛt/

Noun

crochet (plural crochettes)

1. hook, crook
2. hooked staff
3. crotchet (musical note)
4. (rare) crocket

Descendants

• English: crotchet

References

• “crochet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norman

Noun

crochet m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of crachet

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French crochet. Doublet of colchete.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾoˈʃe/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾɔˈʃe/, /kɾɔˈʃɛ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾɔˈʃe/, /kɾɔˈʃɛ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾɔˈt͡ʃe/, /kɾɔˈt͡ʃɛ/

Noun

crochet m (plural crochets)

1. Alternative form of crochê

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French croquet.

Noun

crochet n (uncountable)

1. croquet

Declension

Declension of crochet

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	crochet	crochetul
genitive-dative	crochet	crochetului
vocative	crochetule

Spanish

Noun

crochet m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of croché
2. (architecture) crocket