crochet

See also: Crochet

Contents

English

Crocheting a round shape

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”). Compare crotchet. More at crook, crooked.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /kɹoʊˈʃeɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

crochet (plural crochets)

1. Needlework made by looping thread with a hooked needle.

Derived terms

Terms derived from crochet

• crocheter

• crochetlike

• crochetwork

• magnetic crochet

Translations

needlework

• Bulgarian: плетене на една кука (pletene na edna kuka)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: háčkování n
• Finnish: virkkuutyö
• French: crochet (fr) m
• German: Häkelarbeit f, Häkeln n
• Hebrew: קרושה‎‎, סריג שנסרג במסרגה אחת‎‎

• 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)
• Maori: tuimāwhai
• Polish: robota szydełkowa f
• Portuguese: crochet m, croché (pt) m, crochê (pt) m
• Russian: вяза́ние крючко́м n (vjazánije krjučkóm), вяза́ние (ru) n (vjazánije)
• Swedish: virkning c

Verb

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

1. (transitive, intransitive) 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)
• Czech: háčkovat impf
• Dutch: haken (nl)
• Finnish: virkata (fi)
• German: häkeln (de)
• Hebrew: סרג במסרגה אחת‎‎ m, סרגה במסרגה אחת‎‎ f
• Icelandic: hekla

• Irish: cróiseáil
• Luxembourgish: heekelen (lb)
• Maori: tuimāwhai
• Polish: szydełkować (pl)
• Portuguese: fazer crochet/croché/crochê, crochetar
• Russian: вяза́ть крючко́м impf (vjazátʹ krjučkóm), вяза́ть (ru) impf (vjazátʹ)
• Swedish: virka (sv)

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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. crochet
5. (boxing) hook

Derived terms

• au crochet de
• crocheter

Descendants

• Portuguese: colchete

Further reading

• “crochet” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Norman

Noun

crochet m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of crachet

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• croché, crochê

Etymology

Borrowed from French crochet.

Noun

crochet m (plural crochets)

1. (sewing) crochet (needlework made by looping thread)

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Spanish

Noun

crochet m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of croché