crochet
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EtymologyEdit
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.
NounEdit
crochet (plural crochets)
- Needlework made by looping thread with a hooked needle.
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VerbEdit
crochet (third-person singular simple present crochets, present participle crocheting, simple past and past participle crocheted)
- to make (a piece of) needlework using a hooked needle, to make interlocking loops of thread.
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EtymologyEdit
From Middle French crochet, from Old French crochet, crokét (“curved instrument, hook”), derivative 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 Dutch croec, crōc (“curl”), Middle English crōc (“crook, hook”). More at crook, crooked.
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NounEdit
crochet m (plural crochets)
- hook (rod bent into a curved shape)
- (typography) square bracket
- fang (of snake)
- crochet
- (boxing) hook
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DescendantsEdit
- Portuguese: colchete
Further readingEdit
- “crochet” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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EtymologyEdit
Borrowing from French crochet.
NounEdit
crochet m (plural crochets)
- (sewing) crochet (needlework made by looping thread)