croquet

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Norman croquet (“hook”), from Old Northern French croquet. Doublet of crochet, crocket, and crotchet.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: krō'kā, krō'kē, (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹəʊkeɪ/, (dated) /ˈkɹəʊki/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) enPR: krōkā', (General American) IPA^(key): /kɹoʊˈkeɪ/

Noun

croquet (countable and uncountable, plural croquets)

1. (uncountable, games) A game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets).
2. (countable, games) A shot in this game in which the striker's ball and another ball are moved by hitting the striker's ball when they have been placed in contact following a roquet.

Derived terms

• association croquet
• croqueter
• croquetlike
• croquet mallet
• golf croquet
• roque

Descendants

• → Portuguese: cróquete, croquet (proscribed)

Translations

game

• Bulgarian: кроке́т m (krokét)
• Catalan: argolla (ca) f, croquet m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 槌球 (zh) (chuíqiú)

• Estonian: kroket
• Finnish: kroketti (fi)
• French: croquet (fr) m
• German: Croquet n, Crocket n, Krocket (de) n
• Japanese: クロッケー (kurokkē), クロケット (kuroketto)
• Macedonian: кроке́т m (krokét)
• Polish: krokiet (pl) m
• Portuguese: cróquete (pt) m
• Romanian: crochet (ro) n
• Russian: кроке́т (ru) m (krokét)
• Swedish: krocket (sv) c

shot

• Finnish: krokkaus (fi)
• Macedonian: кроке́т m (krokét), крокетирање n (kroketiranje)
• Polish: krokiet (pl) m
• Swedish: krockering c

croquette — see croquette

Verb

croquet (third-person singular simple present croquets, present participle croqueting, simple past and past participle croqueted)

1. (transitive, games) To play a shot in the game of croquet in which the striker's ball and another ball are moved by hitting the striker's ball when they have been placed in contact following a roquet.

Translations

to drive one's opponent's ball by own ball

• Finnish: krokata (fi)
• Macedonian: крокети́ра (kroketíra)
• Polish: uderzać piłkę przeciwnika własną piłką impf, uderzyć piłkę przeciwnika własną piłką pf
• Swedish: krockera (sv)

Etymology 2

See croquette.

Noun

croquet (plural croquets)

2. (countable) Alternative spelling of croquette.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from English croquet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kɾuˈkɛt]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) unknown
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kɾoˈket]

Noun

croquet m (plural croquets)

1. croquet

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “croquet”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “croquet”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “croquet”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kroːˈkɛt/

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• Hyphenation: cro‧quet
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

croquet f (plural croquetten, diminutive croquetje n)

1. superseded spelling of kroket

Usage notes

• The spelling croquet was deprecated in 1996 in the new Groene Boekje (“Little Green Book”) spelling reform.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁɔ.kɛ/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Agen)):

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Etymology 1

From croquer +‎ -et.

Noun

croquet m (plural croquets)

1. croquette

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English croquet, from Norman croquet (“hook”), from Old Northern French croquet. Doublet of crochet.

Noun

croquet m (plural croquets)

1. (sports) croquet

Further reading

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