crochet
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- Rhymes: -eɪ
Etymology [edit]
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.
Noun [edit]
crochet (plural crochets)
- Needlework made by looping thread with a hooked needle.
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Verb [edit]
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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French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
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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Noun [edit]
crochet m (plural crochets)
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Noun [edit]
crochet m (usually uncountable)
- Alternative form of crachet.
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Middle French
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Frankish
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English nouns
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- French terms derived from Middle French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms derived from Frankish
- French terms derived from Old Norse
- French terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- French nouns
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