crochet

Crocheting a round shape.

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PronunciationEdit

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

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 Dutch croec, crōc (“curl”), Middle English crōc (“crook, hook”). More at crook, crooked.

NounEdit

crochet (plural crochets)

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

Derived termsEdit

• crocheter
• crochetlike
• crochetwork

TranslationsEdit

VerbEdit

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

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

TranslationsEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

crochet m (plural crochets)

1. hook (rod bent into a curved shape)
2. square bracket
3. fang (of snake)
4. crochet
5. (boxing) hook

Derived termsEdit

• crocheter

External linksEdit

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

NounEdit

crochet m (usually uncountable)

1. alternative form of crachet