croquet

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] ; see crochet.

Pronunciation

• enPR: krō'kā, IPA^(key): /ˈkɹəʊkeɪ/, /ˈkɹəʊki/
• enPR: krōkā', 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.
3. (countable) A croquette.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• croqueter
• croquetlike

• croquet mallet
• roque

Translations

game

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 槌球 (zh) (chuíqiú)

• Finnish: kroketti (fi)
• French: croquet (fr) m
• German: Croquet n, Crocket n, Krocket (de) n
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• Japanese: クロッケー (kurokē), クロケット (kuroketto)
• Macedonian: кроке́т m (krokét)
• Russian: кроке́т (ru) m (krokét)
• Swedish: krocket (sv) c

shot

• Finnish: krokkaus
• Macedonian: кроке́т m (krokét), крокетирање n (kroketiranje)
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• 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
• Macedonian: крокети́ра (kroketíra)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Swedish: krockera (sv)

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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 Superseded spelling of kroket.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.

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French

Etymology

• croquer +‎ -et

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁɔ.kɛ/

Noun

croquet m (plural croquets)

1. (sports) croquet
2. croquette